Genre: Essay/Short nonfiction, Poetry, Short Stories
Chapter: 16
Listen: 2
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. 01 Japanese – Fushinchuu by Mori Ogai (1862-1922) [1910] – Text. Key words: prose, fiction, constructing, Ginza 02 Russian – Монго by Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) [] – Text. Key words: poem 03 Spanish – Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) [] translated by Alberto Lasplaces (1887-1950) – Text. Key words: Poem 04 Polish – Odsiecz Wiednia by Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874-1941) [1913] – Text. Key words: opowiadanie, humor, bitwa pod Wiedniem, historia 05 French – L’éloge de rien, dédié à personne by Louis Coquelet (1674-1754) [1730] – Text. Key words: Philosophy Satire 06 Portuguese – Língua Portuguesa by Olavo Bilac (1865-1918) [] – Text. Key words: Poetry, Fiction, celebrating the Portuguese Language 07 Portuguese – Velhas Árvores by Olavo Bilac (1865-1918) [] – Text. Key words: Poetry, fiction, nature 08 Spanish – La Confesión de un Crimen, from Spanish Tales for Beginners by Armando Palacio Valdés (1853-1938) [1919] – Text. Key words: Short story 09 Russian – Pervyi Sneg by Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky (1792-1878) [1819] – Text. Key words: Poetry 10 Russian – Rossiya (Россия) by Aleksandr Blok (Александр Блок) (1880-1921) [] – Text. Key words: poem 11-15 Dutch – Sonnets by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581-1647) [1610] – Text Key words: poetry, fiction, love sonnet, Dutch Golden Age 16 Latin – Horace Ode 2: To Augustus (from Odes and Epodes) by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC-8 BC) [] – Text. Key words: Poem, Ode