Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 008


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

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 (1 hr 46 min)

Chapters

Chichi 11:02 Read by ekzemplaro
Hoshi 8:14 Read by ekzemplaro
Horace Ode 3: Virgil: Off to Greece 2:54 Read by Arnie Horton
Catullus 3: On the Death of Lesbia's Sparrow 1:44 Read by Arnie Horton
Das Sinngedicht des persischen Zeltmachers; neue Vierzeiler nach Omar Khayyâm 25:57 Read by Algy Pug
The Raven (Voron) (original by Edgar Allan Poe) 8:51 Read by Mark Chulsky
Sieh nicht, was andre tun 1:00 Read by Monika M. C.
Chto v imeni tebe moyom 1:06 Read by tovarisch
Pharaon i choral (The Cop and the Anthem, original by O. Henry) 16:12 Read by Praeivis
Caramel to Amedama 3:19 Read by ekzemplaro
Alte Soken 2:24 Read by Joseph Finkberg
Matten Has' 1:13 Read by Claudia Salto
Chory Kotek 1:54 Read by Joseph Finkberg
Kuch Padd 1:08 Read by rookieblue
Fink und Frosch 1:23 Read by Claudia Salto
Du bist wie eine Blume 0:52 Read by Alan Weyman
Ballade in U-Dur 3:15 Read by Claudia Salto
Shirotsubaki 9:02 Read by ekzemplaro
Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque 1:53 Read by Alan Weyman
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus 1:12 Read by Alan Weyman
Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire 2:02 Read by Alan Weyman