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Multilingual Short Works Collection 028 - Poetry & Prose
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This is our 28th 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. German - Kind in der Wiege - 2:08 Klabund Link to text Keywords: multilingual, German, short story, philosophical, thoughtful 2. German - Wie ein Schnupfen kuriert wird - 10:17 Mark Twain Link to text Keywords: Humor, Feuilleton, Amerikanische Literatur, How to Cure a Cold 3. Hebrew - לבדי [Levadi] - 2:10 Hayim Nahman Bialik Link to text Keywords: Bialik, multilingual, Hebrew 4. Hungarian - Új virágos ifjusággal - 1:50 Endre Ady Link to text Keywords: A magunk szerelme 5. Italian - Amore, in cui disio ed ho fidanza - 3:07 Pier delle Vigne Link to text Keywords: multilingual, Italian, pier delle vigne, scuola siciliana, amor cortese, Pietro della Vigna, Pietro delle Vigne, Petrus de Vinea 6. Italian - Al cor gentil ripara sempre amore - 4:23 Guido Guinizelli Link to text Keywords: multilingual, Italian, stilnovismo, guido guinizelli, guinizzelli, guinicelli, dolce stil novo, amor cortese, donna angelicata, nobiltà, gentilezza 7. Italian - Chi è questa che ven, ch’ogn’om la mira - 1:21 Guido Cavalcanti Link to text Keywords: multilingual, Italian, dolce stil novo, stilnovismo, sonnet, guido cavalcanti, love, purity, suavity, overwhelmedness, incognoscibility, unknowableness 8. Italian - Io vo’ del ver la mia donna lodare - 1:23 Guido Guinizelli Link to text Keywords: multilingual, Italian, stilnovismo, guido guinizelli, guinizzelli, guinicelli, dolce stil novo, amor cortese, donna angelicata, nobiltà, gentilezza 9. Italian - Malaria - 22:23 Giovanni Verga Link to text Keywords: malaria, Verga, Italian, novelle rusticane, sicilia 10. Italian - Maravigliosamente - 3:01 Giacomo da Lentini Link to text Keywords: multilingual, Italian, giacomo da lentini, jacopo da lentini, notaro, scuola siciliana, amor cortese, fenhedor 11. Polish - Burza - 1:11 Adam Mickiewicz Link to text Keywords: wiersz, sonety krymskie, niebepieczeństwo, podróż 12. Polish - Chmury - 1:15 Juliusz Słowacki Link to text Keywords: chmury, poem, multilingual, polish 13. Polish - Szakale - 19:23 Gabriela Zapolska Link to text Keywords: opowiadanie, chciwość, śmierć 14. Polish - Wieczyste Piękno - 2:06 Adam Asnyk Link to text Keywords: Asnyk, multilingual, Polish 15. Romanian - Taina - 2:03 Octavian Goga Link to text Keywords: Romanian poetry, the mystery, the power of love; taina, puterea iubirii 16. Russian - Бедная Шарлотта [Bednaya Charlotte] - 20:55 Vladimir Jabotinsky Link to text Keywords: Charlotte Corday, Russian poetry, French Revolution, terror, enjambments 17. Spanish - A Roma Sepultada en Sus Ruinas - 1:01 Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas Link to text Keywords: Passage of time, Rome, Shortness of life / PL notes p. 5 18. Spanish - Benedictino - 31:58 Leopoldo Alas (Clarín) Link to text Keywords: benedictino, cuentos cortos, solteronas, clarin, El Señor y lo demás son cuentos 19. Spanish - El Centauro - 10:33 Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" Link to text Keywords: centauro, cuentos, clarín 20. Spanish - Pakhom el Mujik - 40:46 León Tolstoi Link to text Keywords: ¿Cuánta tierra necesita un hombre?
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