Multilingual Short Works Collection 036 - Poetry & Prose

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

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This is our 36th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English) as listed below. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. - Summary by ToddHW

1. Chinese - 虬髯客傳 [Qiuran Ke Zhuan] - 12:38
Guangting Du
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Keywords: Chuanqi (short story), historical fiction, classic Chinese literature

2. French - Le Chateau hermétique - 17:53
Rachilde
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Keywords: Mystère, Nouvelle

3. French - De l'amitié - 35:30
Michel de Montaigne
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Keywords: essay, friendship

4. French - La dent - 11:24
Rachilde
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Keywords: Humour, Anecdote

5. French - La Groac’h de l’Île du Lok - 21:22
Emile Souvestre
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Keywords: Conte, Fée, Bretagne, Finistère, Amour

6. French - Le Piège à Revenant - 19:35
Rachilde
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Keywords: Nouvelle, Mystere, Enfant, Vacances

7. Galician - Adiós ríos, adiós fontes - 2:35
Rosalía de Castro
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Keywords: Cantares Gallegos, saudade, adiós

8. German - Das Nilpferd - 3:23
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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Keywords: Humoristische Fabel

9. German - Vom Fenster aus - 12:49
Hanns von Gumppenberg
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Keywords: psychology; meaning of life

10. German - Zum Nachdenken für Herrenreiter - 2:16
Franz Kafka
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Keywords: winning, success, friends, races

11. Greek - Η Ελληνίς προχωρεί [I Ellinis prohori] - 6:08
Ευγενία Ζωγράφου
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Keywords: feminism, agriculture, Dendrami, Ελληνική Επιθεώρηση

12. Luxembourgish - An der Ûcht - 3:03
Michel Lentz
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Keywords: flirting, young love, evening, old age, memories

13. Palatine German - Der Gummiballe mit de Dalle - 0:52
Lina Sommer
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Keywords: old age

14. Polish - Farys - 8:42
Adam Mickiewicz
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Keywords: wiersz, koń, jeździec, pościg

15. Polish - Kozaczyzna - 8:05
Bartłomiej Zimorowicz
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Keywords: wiersz, atak, napad, Kozacy

16. Polish - O rugach. O sejmach. O sessyach prowincyalnych - 32:20
Jędrzej Kitowicz
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Keywords: sejm, historia, liberum veto, Opis obyczajów i zwyczajów za panowania Augusta III

17. Polish - Znam mężów odważnych słów - 0:34
Stanisław Wyspiański
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Keywords: wiersz, przemowy, obłuda

18. Spanish - A los hombres - 3:05
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
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Keywords: Feminismo, Redondillas, Poesía, Siglo de Oro

19. Spanish - Con motivo de un presente - 0:42
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
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Keywords: Siglo de Oro, décimas, poesía

20. Spanish - Luz y sombra - 1:26
Ricardo Buenamar
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Keywords: love, heart, soul

(3 hr 24 min)