Multilingual Short Works Collection 033 - Poetry & Prose

This is our 33rd 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. Bengali - শাবধাণ [Shabdhan] - 02:38 Sukumar Ray link to text (p. 34) [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.26924/11897.10435- (part-1)/] Keyword: Nonsense verse; Humour; Be careful 2. French - À cheval - 14:01 Guy de Maupassant link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Mademoiselle_Fifi_(recueil,_Ollendorff_1898)/À_cheval] Keywords: Société; Fatalité; Paris; Humour 3. French - Décoré! - 12:08 Guy de Maupassant link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Sœurs_Rondoli_(recueil,_Ollendorff_1904)/Décoré_!] Keywords: Société; Humour; Honneurs 4. French - De la mode - 36:12 Jean de La Bruyère link to text [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5493831p/f236.item] Keywords: Les caractères de La Bruyère 5. French - Demain, dès l’aube… - 1:12 Victor Hugo link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Hugo_-_Les_Contemplations,_Nelson,_1856.djvu/259] Keywords: grief, scenery, journey 6. French - Le Grillon - 0:55 Go-kyô-gokû-ses-syô-saki-no-dai-iyô-dai-iin (fl. c. 1184-1210) link to text [https://archive.org/details/anthologiejapona00rosn/page/n137/mode/1up] Keywords: Anthologie japonaise, poésies anciennes et modernes des insulaires du Nippon, traduit par Leon de Rosny. 7. French - La Rêverie à Paris - 21:40 George Sand link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Sand_-_La_Coupe,_Lupo_Liverani,_Garnier,_Le_Contrebandier,_La_Rêverie_à_Paris,_1876.djvu/313] Keywords: Jardins, rues encombrées, tout le talent de George Sand, son regard sur Paris… la société. 8. French - Spes - 1:06 Ada Negri link to text [https://archive.org/details/negri-ada-fatalite/page/153/mode/1up] Keywords: traduction anonyme 9. French - Le tic - 11:32 Guy de Maupassant link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Colporteur_(recueil)/Le_Tic] Keywords: Rencontres; Fantastique; Etrange; Mystère; Nouvelle 10. German - Die Entdeckung - 7:55 Hanns von Gumppenberg link to text [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xTAPAQAAMAAJ/page/n106/mode/1up] Keywords: humor, ironic, psychology, emotional life 11. Italian - Belfagor arcidiavolo - 25:37 Niccolò Machiavelli link to text [https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagina:Opere_di_Niccolò_Machiavelli_VI.djvu/151] Keywords: humor, ironic 12. Latin - Canis Natans - 0:53 Phaedrus link to text [https://archive.org/details/TraductionPhedreJoly1813/page/n35/mode/2up] Keywords: dog, greed, fable 13. Luxembourgish - Beim Dokter Mîrrédêch - 1:23 Anonymous link to text [https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/bq49s1/pages/2/articles/DTL58] Keywords: joke, doctor, over-eating 14. Polish - Szkice amerykańskie (I) - 20:56 Henryk Sienkiewicz link to text [https://archive.org/details/pismahenrykasien80sien/page/37/mode/1up] Keywords: list, podróż, Ameryka, proza 15. Polish - Szkice amerykańskie (II) - 52:20 Henryk Sienkiewicz link to text [https://archive.org/details/pismahenrykasien80sien/page/52/mode/1up] Keywords: list, podróż, Ameryka, proza 16. Polish - Szkice amerykańskie (III) - 39:44 Henryk Sienkiewicz link to text [https://archive.org/details/pismahenrykasien80sien/page/90/mode/1up] Keywords: list, podróż, Ameryka, proza 17. Romanian - Iarna - 2:21 Vasile Alecsandri link to text [https://archive.org/details/operecomplete02alecuoft/page/10/mode/2up] Keywords: winter, snow, sledge ride, snowflakes 18. Russian - О состоянии древней России [O sostoyanii drevnei Rossii] - 34:38 Nikolay Karamzin link to text [https://books.google.com/books?id=QAlJAQAAMAAJ] Keywords: Николай Михайлович Карамзин; История государства Российского, Том I, Глава X; Киевская Русь; общество, экономика, культура 19. Yiddish - Die Kale vun die Berg - 2:37 Morris Rosenfeld link to text [https://archive.org/details/songsfromghettow00roseuoft/page/16/mode/2up] Keywords: ghosts, murder, legend, miners, haunting, bride 20. Yiddish - Mein Jüngele - 2:21 Morris Rosenfeld link to text [https://archive.org/details/songsfromghettow00roseuoft/page/10/mode/2up] Keywords: father, son, evening, sleep, departure