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Il Decamerone è una raccolta di cento novelle scritta da Giovanni Boccaccio tra il 1349 e il 1351.Le novelle sono raccontate a turno da un gruppo di 7donne e 3 uomini rifugiatisi in una villa fuori Firenze per sfuggire all'imperversare della peste.È considerata una delle opere più importanti della letteratura del Trecento europeo, ed e' la capostipite della letteratura in prosa in volgare italiano. (Riassunto di Eysiss)

Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith Medbery Macakaye some liberties are taken with the storyline and characters, but it is still a fun listen or read. Perhaps a good introduction for someone not ready to tackle the complete novel ~ and for the reader familiar with the work, a laugh can be had at the changes that were made in order to adapt it to the stage (Summary by Maria Therese)Cast:Mr. Darcy: Algy PugMr. Bingley: Chris MarcellusColonel Fitzwilliam/Harris/Martin: ToddHWMr. Bennet: Robert ...

高野山に籍を置く旅僧が、敦賀の宿で、道連れに語る物語。飛騨から信州へ抜ける峠道であった不思議な体験。本道をはずれて、旧道を行くと、沢山の蛇のいる所、蛭の降る森と散々な目に会う、そしてようやく、一軒の家があった。そこに、美しい、声も良く、ものやさしい婦人がいた。そして、更に不思議な事が続く。A bonze walks from Hida to Matsumoto. On a mountain pass he encounters strange things. (Summary by ekzemplaro)

信州の高原で、作家を志す青年と、絵を描く少女が出会った。やがて、二人は婚約する。しかし、少は、肺の病に落ちる。療養の為に、少女と青年は、信州のサナトリウムに行く。しかし、少女は帰らぬ人となってしまう。そして、一年後、青年は少女と出会った村で、冬を過ごす。A love story between a young man and a young lady. They are engaged but the heroine becomes sick. They go to a sanatorium, but she passes away. After a year he goes to the small village where they met, and he lives ...

語り手と同じ下宿にいた岡田は、無縁坂に住むお玉と、帽を取って挨拶をするようになった。お玉は、高利貸、末造の妾であった。ある日、青大将がお玉が飼っている紅雀を襲った。そこに岡田が通りかかり、蛇を退治してあげる。お玉は岡田と近づきになりたいと思い、末造が来ないと決まった日に、下女を帰らせ、岡田を待った。しかし、その日限り、岡田は一人でなく、行き帰りの二度とも連れ立って歩いていた。そして、岡田はその日を...

描述中國唐朝皇帝唐玄宗(又稱唐明皇)與寵妃楊貴妃淒慘的愛情故事。中國文學中有好幾部作品取材自這個歷史故事，例如唐朝陳鴻的〈長恨歌傳〉與白居易的〈長恨歌〉、元代白樸的〈梧桐雨〉，內容上最主要差異在於馬嵬驚變這個高潮之後，對貴妃心境的描寫。相較於其他作者，洪昇塑造了一個更具獨立人格的女性，以及更人性化的唐玄宗。 (概述来源：Summary by Ayishalyu )

Der Judenstaat (German, The Jewish State) is a book written by Theodor Herzl and published in 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. It was originally called "Address to the Rothschilds" referring to the Rothschild family banking dynasty which was very influential in the realization of a Zionist state in Palestine. It is considered to be one of the most important texts of early Zionism. As expressed in this book, Herzl envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the twentieth century. He argued that the best way of avoiding anti-Semitism ...

The Tang Dynasty (618 to 907) was a golden age of Chinese culture: religion and philosophy, painting and calligraphy, sculpture, architecture and music all reached peaks of perfection. Poetry was the epitome of the arts: a scholastic requirement, a route to fame, a moulder of character. Nearly 50,000 poems of the Tang have survived. The collection 'Three Hundred Tang Poems' was compiled around 1763. It comprises six volumes, with poems grouped by verse form. Volume 1 covers the 'ancient verse' style in five-character lines (poems 1 to 35), and 'folk song style verse' (36 to 45). The masters Li...

אריה "בעל גוף" הוא סיפור קצר מאת חיים נחמן ביאליק והיצירה הראשונה שפרסם בפרוזה. הסיפור התפרסם בהמשכים בכתב העת הספרותי השילוח בשנת 1899. דמותו של אריה מבוססת כנראה על אדם אמיתי שחי בעיר הולדתו ז'יטומיר."Arye Ba'al Guf" is a short story by Hayyim Nachman Bialik and the first work he published in prose. The story was published serially in the literary journal Shiloah in 1899. The figure of Arye is probably based on a real person who lived ...

孔子（公元前551年9月28日－前479年），子姓孔氏，名丘，字仲尼，鲁（今中國山东曲阜）人，中国春秋末期的思想家和教育家。孔子是中华文化中的核心学说儒家的首代宗師，集華夏上古文化之大成，在世時已被譽為“天縱之聖”、“天之木鐸”，是當時社會上最博學者之一，並且被后世尊为至聖（聖人之中的聖人）、至聖先師、万世师表。孔子和他创立的儒家思想对中国和朝鲜、台灣、日本、越南等地區有深远的影响，這些地區又被稱爲儒家文化圈...

Exodus (Greek ἔξοδος exodos "departure, expedition, procession") is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, and the second of five books of the Torah (the Pentateuch).The book narrates the Exodus of the children of Israel out of Egypt: Moses leads them through the wilderness to Mount Sinai. There the God of Israel, through Moses, gives the Hebrews their laws and enters into a covenant with them, by which he will give them the land of Canaan (the "Promised Land") in return for their faithfulness. The book ends with the construction of the Tabernacle.In Hebrew the book is called Šemot ...

John Linden is a very wealthy man. The people who should inherit his property are his nephew, Curtis Waring, his niece Florence Linden, and his long lost son - if alive. John thinks it would be best if Florence and Curtis were married, and makes it a requirement if Florence wishes to have any of the property. A boy named Dodger was sent to steal one of the wills of John Linden so that Curtis would inherit all the property. But Florence prevents Dodger from stealing, and they become friends… To the shock of her uncle and cousin, she decides to leave her uncle's house with Dodger instead of ...

This drama was written in 1848 for the great French tragedienne, Rachel, by Eugene Scribe and his writing partner, Ernest Legouve. Scribe is remembered for devising the compositional technique now known as the “well-made play” that dominated play-writing for most of the 19th century. This plot is loosely based on events in the life of the actress, Adrienne Lecouvreur of the Comédie-Française and the tragic outcome of her love affair with Maurice, Comte de Saxe(Summary by Kelly Taylor)Cast ListMaurice de Saxe Andrew Latheron Prince de Bouillon Jake Malizia Abbe de Chazeuil Alan ...

A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897. It includes his best known poems "Drake's Drum" "Vitaï Lampada" and "The Fighting Téméraire". - Summary by Alan Mapstone

LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Adlestrop by Edward Thomas. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 20th, 2009.

“The legion that never was listed,”The soft-lilting rhythm and song,The starlight, and shadowy tropics,The palms—and all that belong;The unknown that ever persistedIn dreams that were epics of bliss,Of glory and gain without effort—And the visions have faded, like this.-- (Excerpt from the opening poem, "The Tropics"

“El adiós de Schubert” es una novela breve de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, publicada junto a otras tres en un mismo volumen en 1888. Blasco Ibáñez nos sumerge en la vida de Rafael Olmos, un genial músico en ciernes que se enamora perdidamente de una joven vecina llamada Emilia. Las miradas de los dos se cruzan de balcón a balcón y eso basta para establecer un vínculo amoroso que desafía toda lógica y racionalidad. Ese es el comienzo de un amor alrededor del cual gira la historia. Blasco Ibáñez nos remite al amor cortés por ello algunos de sus personajes lo representan y justifican ...

"Tarawa Atoll is 2085 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor and 540 miles southeast of Kwajalein in the Marshalls. Betio is the principal island in the atoll. The Japanese seized Tarawa from the British within the first three days after Pearl Harbor. In August 1943, to meet in secret with Major General Julian C. Smith and his principal staff officers, Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance flew to New Zealand from Pearl Harbor. Spruance told the Marines to prepare for an amphibious assault against Japanese positions in the Gilbert Islands in November. General Smith’s operations officer, Lieutenant ...

An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for the many explorer hero characters (including Indiana Jones), wrote this book for the general public, excluding "scientific details" that they might find "wearisome". - Summary by Matthew M. BenzingNOTE: This book contains many accounts of hunting animals for sport and for exhibition in a museum.

Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher and is still known today as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day. In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10 million people, often up to ten times each week at different places.In this series of devotionals, he challenges each of us to examine our own ...