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Multilingual Short Works Collection 014

Various

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 - Danish - I skovens dybe, stille ro by Fritz Andersen key words: poetry
02 - Esperanto - Limerick by G. D. Lewis key words: poetry, limerick
03 - French - Lettre by Paul Verlaine key words: poetry
04 - French - Il pleure dans mon coeur by Paul Verlaine key words: poetry
05 - French - A Clymène by Paul Verlaine key words: poetry
06 - German - Es weint mein armes Herz by Paul Verlaine key words: poetry, melancholy, translated by Wolf von Kalckreuth
07 - Italian - La caduta by Giuseppe Parini key words: La caduta, poetry

08 - Italian - X Agosto by Giovanni Pascoli key words: It has been written in memory of Pascoli's father Ruggero, murdered under mysterious circumstances on the night of St. Lorenzo.
09 - Italian - La Pentecoste by Alessandro Manzoni key words: It is one of the sacred lyrics, Mazoni composed after his religious conversion
10 - Italian - In morte del fratello Giovanni by Ugo Foscolo key words: Sonnet composed in memory of Foscolo's dead brother Giovanni
11 - Luxembourgish - D’fĕer Joerszéiten by Michel Lentz key words: romantic poetry, nature, love. This poem is about love being compared to the four seasons.
12 - Norwegian - Reven Som Gjeter by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen key words: prose, fiction, fairy tale
13 - Portuguese - Doçura e bondade by Guerra Junqueiro key words: A tale that helps children reflect about the Good and wrong
14 - Portuguese - O ouro by Guerra Junqueiro key words: A tale that helps children reflect about the value of things
15 - Romanian - Cu penetul ca sideful by Mihai Eminescu key words: poetry
16 - Romanian - Colinde, Colinde by Mihai Eminescu key words: poetry
17 - Romanian - Glossă by Mihai Eminescu key words: poetry
18 - Romanian - Manusa (Der Handschuh) by Friedrich Schiller key words: poetry
19 - Russian - Женское Счастье by Anton Chekhov key words: a sarcastic short story
20 - Spanish - El buen hombre y su hijo (de El Conde Lucanor) by Don Juan Manuel key words: prose, fiction, didactic tale

Genre(s): Poetry, Short Stories, *Non-fiction

Language: Multilingual

Group: Multilingual Poetry & Short Works Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Danish - I skovens dybe, stille ro Fritz Andersen Etext Glenn O'Brien
 00:01:11 da
Play 02 Esperanto - Limerick G. D. Lewis Etext Glenn O'Brien
 00:00:32 eo
Play 03 French - Lettre Paul-Marie Verlaine Etext millianna
 00:01:59 fr
Play 04 French - Il pleure dans mon coeur Paul-Marie Verlaine Etext millianna
 00:00:50 fr
Play 05 French - A Clymène Paul-Marie Verlaine Etext millianna
 00:00:56 fr
Play 06 German - Es weint mein armes Herz Paul-Marie Verlaine Etext Hokuspokus
 00:01:08 de
Play 07 Italian - La caduta Giuseppe Parini Etext Fabiola
 00:03:52 it
Play 08 Italian - X Agosto Giovanni Pascoli Etext Fabiola
 00:01:18 it
Play 09 Italian - La Pentecoste Alessandro Manzoni Etext Fabiola
 00:04:47 it
Play 10 Italian - In morte del fratello Giovanni Ugo Foscolo Etext Fabiola
 00:01:30 it
Play 11 Luxembourgish - D’fĕer Joerszéiten Michel Lentz Etext Sonia
 00:01:19 lb
Play 12 Norwegian - Reven Som Gjeter Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Etext Kathrine Engan
 00:02:36 no
Play 13 Portuguese - Doçura e bondade Guerra Junqueiro Etext Suzy Caldeira
 00:01:41 pt
Play 14 Portuguese - O ouro Guerra Junqueiro Etext Suzy Caldeira
 00:01:40 pt
Play 15 Romanian - Cu penetul ca sideful Mihai Eminescu Etext Livia F.
 00:00:38 ro
Play 16 Romanian - Colinde, Colinde Mihai Eminescu Etext Livia F.
 00:00:51 ro
Play 17 Romanian - Glossă Mihai Eminescu Etext Livia F.
 00:03:29 ro
Play 18 Romanian - Manusa (Der Handschuh) Friedrich Schiller Etext Livia F.
 00:02:51 ro
Play 19 Russian - Женское Счастье Anton Chekhov Etext Vilya Levitskiy
 00:09:23 ru
Play 20 Spanish - El buen hombre y su hijo (de El Conde Lucanor) Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena Etext Luis Alberto Martín
 00:04:36 es