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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
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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?