Genre: Essay/Short nonfiction, Poetry, Short Stories
Chapter: 19
Listen: 2
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. Brief description of the contributions: 01 Japanese – Shisyuu by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) [1925] – Key words: prose, fiction, poetries 02 Japanese – Utsukushii Inu by Hayashi Fumiko (1904-1951) [1947] – Key words: prose, fiction, dog 03 Japanese – Konoteni kagiruyo by Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886-1942) [1937] – Key words: prose, fiction, dream 04 Japanese – Ookina Komorigasa by Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) [1926] – Key words: prose, fiction, children, umbrella 05 Polish – O kaznodziei by Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) [1883] – Key words: poetry, fraszka, ksiądz, pieniądze 06 Japanese – Niwa by Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) [1946] – Key words: prose, essay, garden 07 Japanese – Kakehino Hanashi by Kajii Motojiro (1901-1932) [1928] – Key words: prose, fiction, water 08 Japanese – Iseini taisuru kankakuwo senrenseyo by Okamoto Kanoko (1889-1939) [1935] – Key words: prose, women 09 Polish – Król chory i lisy by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) translated by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) [1893] – Key words: fable, bajka, lisy, lew, król 10 Japanese – Kinno Kubikazari by Ono Hiroshi (1894-1933) [1928] – Key words: prose, fiction, children, golden necklace 11 Japanese – Kusuriyubino magari by Tanaka Koutarou (1880-1941) [1934] – Key words: prose, doctor, ring finger 12 Japanese – Sorano bi by Miyamoto Yuriko (1899-1951) [1926] – Key words: prose, sky 13 German – Der Sturm auf dem Tyrrhener Meer by Vergil (70 BC – 19 BC) translated by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) [1780] – Key words: poetry; Juno versucht, die fluechtenden Trojaner zu verderben; aus dem ersten Buche der Aeneide; uebertragen von Friedrich von Schiller 14 German – Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Goethe – 8. An Schiller by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) [1881] – Key words: prose; Goethe laedt Schiller auf zwei Wochen in sein Haus nach Weimar ein 15 German – Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Goethe – 9. An Goethe by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) [1881] – Key words: prose; Schiller aeussert Bedenken wegen seiner Gesundheit bei der Annahme der Einladung in Goethes Haus 16 German – Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich von Schiller und Wilhelm von Humboldt – 12.09.1803 by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) [1830] – Key words: prose; Schiller schreibt Humboldt zum Tode von dessen Sohn 17 Tagalog – Ilang-Ilang by Jose N. Sevilla (1880-1946) [1908] – Key words: prose, poetry, legend of ilang-ilang 18 Tagalog – Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog by Andres Bonifacio (1863-1897) [1886] – Key words: prose, speech, history 19 Japanese – Tsukiyo to Megane by Ogawa Mimei (1882-1961) [1922] – Key words: prose, fiction, children, moonlight night, glasses