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Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 008

Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 008

by Various

PoetryShort stories

About this book

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 - Chichi by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) [1916] - Text - key words: prose, fiction, father

02 Japanese - Hoshi by Kunikida Doppo (1871-1908) [1896] - Text - key words: prose, fiction, star

03 Latin - Horace Ode 3: Virgil: Off to Greece from Horace Odes and Epodes by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65BC-8BC) - Text - Key words: poem, ode

04 Latin - Catullus 3: On the Death of Lesbia's Sparrow from The Carmina of Gaius Valerius Catullus by Gaius Valerius Catullus (84BC-54BC) [1893] - Text - Key words: poem

05 German - Das Sinngedicht des persischen Zeltmachers; neue Vierzeiler nach Omar Khayyâm by Klabund (Alfred Henschke) (1890-1928) [1917] - Text - Key words: poetry, translation of quatrains from Omar Khayyam

06 Russian - The Raven (Voron) by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) [1903] translated by V.Jabotinsky (1880-1940) - Text - Key words: poetry

07 German - Sieh nicht, was andre tun by Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914) [1914] - Text - Key words: poem, Gedicht

08 Russian - Chto v imeni tebe moyom by Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837) [1830] - Text - Key words: poem

09 Russian - Pharaon i choral (The Cop and the Anthem) by O. Henry (1862-1910) [1906] translated by A.N. Gorlin (1878-1939) - Text - Key words: prose, fiction, short stories

10 Japanese - Caramel to Amedama by Yumeno Kyusaku (1889-1927) [1936] - Text - Key words: prose, fiction, children, caramel, candy

11 Yiddish - Alte Soken by Immanuel Oslvanger (1881-1961) [1920] - Text - Key words: Comic prose

12 Low German - Matten Has' by Klaus Groth (1819-1899) [1853] - Text - Key words: poetry

13 Polish - Chory Kotek by Stanisław Jachowicz (1796-1857) [1916] - Text - Key words: Children's poetry, Polish, English accent

14 Hindi - Kucchh padd by Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-1885) [] - Text - Key words: hindi poem

15 German - Fink und Frosch by Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908) [1851-1907] - Text - Key words: comic poetry

16 German - Du bist wie eine Blume by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) [1827] - Text - Key words: poetry, lyric

17 German - Ballade in U-Dur by Detlev von Liliencron (1844-1909) [1903] - Text - Key words: ballad, poetry

18 Japanese - Shirotsubaki by Yumeno Kyusaku (1889-1927) [1936] - Text - Key words: prose, fiction, children, camellia

19 Latin - Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque by Gaius Valerius Catullus (84–54 BC) [1893] - Text - Key words: poetry

20 Latin - Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus by Gaius Valerius Catullus (84–54 BC) [1893] - Text - Key words: poetry

21 Latin - Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire by Gaius Valerius Catullus (84–54 BC) [1893] - Text - Key words: poetry

Chapters

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  1. 1Chichi11:02 · read by ekzemplaro
  2. 2Hoshi8:14 · read by ekzemplaro
  3. 3Horace Ode 3: Virgil: Off to Greece2:54 · read by Arnie Horton
  4. 4Catullus 3: On the Death of Lesbia's Sparrow1:44 · read by Arnie Horton
  5. 5Das Sinngedicht des persischen Zeltmachers; neue Vierzeiler nach Omar Khayyâm25:57 · read by Algy Pug
  6. 6The Raven (Voron) (original by Edgar Allan Poe)8:51 · read by Mark Chulsky
  7. 7Sieh nicht, was andre tun1:00 · read by Monika M. C.
  8. 8Chto v imeni tebe moyom1:06 · read by tovarisch
  9. 9Pharaon i choral (The Cop and the Anthem, original by O. Henry)16:12 · read by Praeivis
  10. 10Caramel to Amedama3:19 · read by ekzemplaro
  11. 11Alte Soken2:24 · read by Joseph Finkberg
  12. 12Matten Has'1:13 · read by Claudia Salto
  13. 13Chory Kotek1:54 · read by Joseph Finkberg
  14. 14Kuch Padd1:08 · read by rookieblue
  15. 15Fink und Frosch1:23 · read by Claudia Salto
  16. 16Du bist wie eine Blume0:52 · read by Alan Weyman
  17. 17Ballade in U-Dur3:15 · read by Claudia Salto
  18. 18Shirotsubaki9:02 · read by ekzemplaro
  19. 19Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque1:53 · read by Alan Weyman
  20. 20Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus1:12 · read by Alan Weyman
  21. 21Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire2:02 · read by Alan Weyman

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