Multilingual Short Works Collection 036 - Poetry & Prose

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 Link to text [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23915] Keywords: Chuanqi (short story), historical fiction, classic Chinese literature 2. French - Le Chateau hermétique - 17:53 Rachilde Link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Rachilde_-_Le_Démon_de_l’absurde,_1894.djvu/47] Keywords: Mystère, Nouvelle 3. French - De l'amitié - 35:30 Michel de Montaigne Link to text [https://archive.org/details/essaisdemontaign01montuoft/page/258/mode/2up?view=theater] Keywords: essay, friendship 4. French - La dent - 11:24 Rachilde Link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Rachilde_-_Le_Démon_de_l’absurde,_1894.djvu/111] Keywords: Humour, Anecdote 5. French - La Groac’h de l’Île du Lok - 21:22 Emile Souvestre Link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Contes_et_légendes_de_Basse-Bretagne/La_Groac’h_de_l’Île_du_Lok] Keywords: Conte, Fée, Bretagne, Finistère, Amour 6. French - Le Piège à Revenant - 19:35 Rachilde Link to text [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Rachilde_-_Le_Démon_de_l’absurde,_1894.djvu/139] Keywords: Nouvelle, Mystere, Enfant, Vacances 7. Galician - Adiós ríos, adiós fontes - 2:35 Rosalía de Castro Link to text [https://archive.org/details/obrascompleta02cast/page/86/mode/2up] Keywords: Cantares Gallegos, saudade, adiós 8. German - Das Nilpferd - 3:23 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Link to text [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Das_Nilpferd] Keywords: Humoristische Fabel 9. German - Vom Fenster aus - 12:49 Hanns von Gumppenberg Link to text [https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/gumppenb/fenster/fenster.html] Keywords: psychology; meaning of life 10. German - Zum Nachdenken für Herrenreiter - 2:16 Franz Kafka Link to text [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23532/] Keywords: winning, success, friends, races 11. Greek - Η Ελληνίς προχωρεί [I Ellinis prohori] - 6:08 Ευγενία Ζωγράφου Link to text [https://lekythos.library.ucy.ac.cy/bitstream/handle/10797/26883/Teuxos 90.pdf] Keywords: feminism, agriculture, Dendrami, Ελληνική Επιθεώρηση 12. Luxembourgish - An der Ûcht - 3:03 Michel Lentz Link to text [https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/dkvknc/pages/65/articles/DTL2022?search=*] Keywords: flirting, young love, evening, old age, memories 13. Palatine German - Der Gummiballe mit de Dalle - 0:52 Lina Sommer Link to text [https://www.dilibri.de/rlb/content/pageview/1778887] Keywords: old age 14. Polish - Farys - 8:42 Adam Mickiewicz Link to text [https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Strona:PL_Poezye_Adama_Mickiewicza._T._1._(1899)_254.jpg] Keywords: wiersz, koń, jeździec, pościg 15. Polish - Kozaczyzna - 8:05 Bartłomiej Zimorowicz Link to text [https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Strona:Klejnoty_poezji_staropolskiej_(red._Baumfeld).djvu/117] Keywords: wiersz, atak, napad, Kozacy 16. Polish - O rugach. O sejmach. O sessyach prowincyalnych - 32:20 Jędrzej Kitowicz Link to text [https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Strona:PL_Jędrzej_Kitowicz_-_Opis_obyczajów_i_zwyczajów_T4.djvu/156] Keywords: sejm, historia, liberum veto, Opis obyczajów i zwyczajów za panowania Augusta III 17. Polish - Znam mężów odważnych słów - 0:34 Stanisław Wyspiański Link to text [https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Strona:PL_Stanisław_Wyspiański_-_Wiersze,_fragmenty_dramatyczne,_uwagi.djvu/031] Keywords: wiersz, przemowy, obłuda 18. Spanish - A los hombres - 3:05 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Link to text [https://archive.org/details/obrasselectasdel00juan/page/110/mode/2up] Keywords: Feminismo, Redondillas, Poesía, Siglo de Oro 19. Spanish - Con motivo de un presente - 0:42 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Link to text [https://archive.org/details/obrasselectasdel00juan/page/98/mode/2up] Keywords: Siglo de Oro, décimas, poesía 20. Spanish - Luz y sombra - 1:26 Ricardo Buenamar Link to text [https://archive.org/details/ael9175.0001.001.umich.edu/page/150/mode/2up] Keywords: love, heart, soul