Multilingual Short Works Collection 028 - Poetry & Prose

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

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Keywords: multilingual, German, short story, philosophical, thoughtful

2. German - Wie ein Schnupfen kuriert wird - 10:17

Mark Twain

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Keywords: Humor, Feuilleton, Amerikanische Literatur, How to Cure a Cold

3. Hebrew - לבדי [Levadi] - 2:10

Hayim Nahman Bialik

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Keywords: Bialik, multilingual, Hebrew

4. Hungarian - Új virágos ifjusággal - 1:50

Endre Ady

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Keywords: A magunk szerelme

5. Italian - Amore, in cui disio ed ho fidanza - 3:07

Pier delle Vigne

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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

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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

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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

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Keywords: multilingual, Italian, stilnovismo, guido guinizelli, guinizzelli, guinicelli, dolce stil novo, amor cortese, donna angelicata, nobiltà, gentilezza

9. Italian - Malaria - 22:23

Giovanni Verga

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Keywords: malaria, Verga, Italian, novelle rusticane, sicilia

10. Italian - Maravigliosamente - 3:01

Giacomo da Lentini

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Keywords: multilingual, Italian, giacomo da lentini, jacopo da lentini, notaro, scuola siciliana, amor cortese, fenhedor

11. Polish - Burza - 1:11

Adam Mickiewicz

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Keywords: wiersz, sonety krymskie, niebepieczeństwo, podróż

12. Polish - Chmury - 1:15

Juliusz Słowacki

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Keywords: chmury, poem, multilingual, polish

13. Polish - Szakale - 19:23

Gabriela Zapolska

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Keywords: opowiadanie, chciwość, śmierć

14. Polish - Wieczyste Piękno - 2:06

Adam Asnyk

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Keywords: Asnyk, multilingual, Polish

15. Romanian - Taina - 2:03

Octavian Goga

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Keywords: Romanian poetry, the mystery, the power of love; taina, puterea iubirii

16. Russian - Бедная Шарлотта [Bednaya Charlotte] - 20:55

Vladimir Jabotinsky

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Keywords: Charlotte Corday, Russian poetry, French Revolution, terror, enjambments

17. Spanish - A Roma Sepultada en Sus Ruinas - 1:01

Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas

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Keywords: Passage of time, Rome, Shortness of life / PL notes p. 5

18. Spanish - Benedictino - 31:58

Leopoldo Alas (Clarín)

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Keywords: benedictino, cuentos cortos, solteronas, clarin, El Señor y lo demás son cuentos

19. Spanish - El Centauro - 10:33

Leopoldo Alas "Clarín"

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Keywords: centauro, cuentos, clarín

20. Spanish - Pakhom el Mujik - 40:46

León Tolstoi

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Keywords: ¿Cuánta tierra necesita un hombre?

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