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Türk romanının kurucusu sayabileceğimiz Halid Ziya’nın öykü dalında ürünlerini içeren ilk hikâye kitabı olan Bir Yazın Tarihi, yazarın dil konusundaki hassasiyetinin de göze çarptığı bir eserdir. Kitap; Bir Yazın Tarihi, Ferhunde Kalfa, Bravo, Maestro, Yırtık Mendil, Kırk Para, Zevrak'la Ebru, Bitmemiş Defter, Osman'ın Gazası (Osman’ın Savaşı), Çetin Sevda, Eski Bir Refik (Eski Bir Arkadaş), Ma’i Yalı (Mavi Yalı), Çalınmış Bir Eser, İkinci Nikâh, Ölümümden Sonra, Ömri Tehî (Boş Ömür) adlı birbirinden güzel kısa hikâyelerden oluşmaktadır.

Bu sesli kitapta hem dünya hem de Rus edebiyatının en önemli yazarlarından biri olan Tolstoy’un aşağıdaki iki kısa eserini sizlere sunuyoruz. Kafkas Esiri. Şeytan.

For Graham it was a blessed sleep in a stranger's armchair after countless nights of excruciating insomnia. For Isbister it was a duty owed to a broken man encountered accidentally on a cliff path. For Ostrog it was the fulfilment of his life’s ambition. For humanity it was a stark choice. Slavery or freedom? After two centuries the Sleeper awakes. But does he bring with him the seeds of redemption or destruction?

Curas ilustrados y con hijos, boticarios de pueblo, músicos, licenciados,notarios, pequeños comerciantes, administradores de correos, soldados que nunca habían hecho guerras, un arsenal de una docena de lanzas: una conspiración que parecía condenada al fracaso, repleta de indecisos y...

"The Spectacles" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in March 1844 in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. It is one of Poe's comedy tales. The narrator, 22-year-old Napoleon Buonaparte Froissart, changes his last name to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from a distant cousin, Adolphus Simpson. At the opera he sees a beautiful woman in the audience and falls in love instantly. He describes her beauty at length, despite not being able to see her well; he requires spectacles but, in his vanity, "resolutely refused to employ them".

"The Balloon-Hoax" is the title used in collections and anthologies of a newspaper article by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844 in The Sun newspaper in New York. Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a gas balloon. It was later revealed as a hoax and the story was retracted two days later.

"The Man of the Crowd" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe about a nameless narrator following a man through a crowded London. It was first published in 1840. The story is introduced with the epigraph "Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir être seul" — a quote taken from The Characters of Man by Jean de La Bruyère.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. "A Lodging for the Night: A Story of Francis Villon" is a gripping tale set in 15th-century Paris. Francis Villon, a poet and a poor master of arts, finds himself entangled in a web of crime and desperation on a snowy November night. After witnessing a...

In The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells, a man falls into a mysterious sleep and awakens two centuries later to a radically transformed world. Graham, once an ordinary Victorian gentleman, discovers he has become the richest and most powerful man on Earth—known as "The Sleeper." But with great power comes a shocking truth: society has evolved into a dystopian system controlled by elites, and his wealth is the backbone of a deeply unequal world. As Graham struggles to understand his new reality, he becomes entangled in political intrigue, rebellion, and the fight for freedom.

Taşrada her şey yerli yerindedir: düğün günü belirlenmiş, ev hazır, gelecek “olması gerektiği” gibi planlanmıştır. Nadya ise tam da bu hazır hayatın içinde nefessiz kalır. Anton Çehov’un tamamladığı son öykülerden Nişanlı, bir kadının evlilik vaadiyle sunulan düzeni sorgulayıp kendi yolunu arayışını anlatır.

“In Rabbit Test and Other Stories, Mills examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart.”—Eugenia Triantafyllou A subversive debut short-fiction collection from one of the hottest talents in speculative fiction: 2025 Compton Crook Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee...

As the events of our day unfold, all around the world, questions plague the minds of observers in all walks of life. The biggest question of all is, how will it all end? Are we headed for a Bible-styled Apocalypse and Armageddon? With these and similar concerns in mind, the purpose of this book is to provide a glimpse of what the future of our world looks like, from a biblical point of view. While fictitious on the one hand, it is no less Bible-based, and keyed to (more or less), or, rooted in 3 commentaries written by Mr. Alvin Mitchell

Noreen McAuliffe's Come Down in the World, a story about a nineteenth-century logging camp, wears a style so seamless and perfectly matched it feels tailor-made. From the first few lines to the quietly explosive finale, the listener is surrounded with instant authenticity that transports us to a time, place, and situation with stakes so high that most of us need a daring writer to imagine them for us.

Ne vous méprenez pas ! Passés composés n’est pas le titre d’une grammaire ni d’un outil de conjugaison, mais celui d’un recueil de nouvelles. Treize personnages ayant marqué, chacun à sa manière, la grande ou la petite histoire du Québec y sont présentés, à la fois par l’entremise de la fiction, puis dans de courtes biographies.

Été 1919. Deux jeunes hommes, liés par un amour placé sous le signe de la musique, partent recueillir des chansons traditionnelles dans les campagnes du Maine, avant que l'un d'eux ne disparaisse brusquement. Des années plus tard, dans la maison où elle vient d'emménager, une femme retrouve les cylindres de cire enregistrés lors de ce fameux été… La première nouvelle de Ben Shattuck donne le ton de ce magnifique recueil qui explore le lien entre l'amour et la perte, et la manière dont celui-ci se métamorphose au gré du temps.

The Balloon-Hoax is a thrilling early example of literary sensationalism from Edgar Allan Poe, blending sharp scientific detail with masterful suspense. First published as a convincing newspaper report, the story chronicles a transatlantic balloon voyage that captivates the public—until the shocking truth emerges. With its blend of realism, imagination, and sly satire, this inventive tale showcases Poe’s genius for blurring the line between fact and fiction, making it a fascinating read for fans of classic suspense, speculative fiction, and literary history.

Bir salonun loş ışığında başlayan, masum görünen bir sohbet… Ardından hızla büyüyen yanlış anlamalar, gururun ve kırılgan egoların tetiklediği bir dizi komik ama acıtan olay… Başkasının Karısı, Dostoyevski’nin ince mizahını, keskin gözlemlerini ve insan karakterine dair derin bilgisini ortaya koyan kısa ama etkili bir anlatıdır. Burada ihanet, aşk ya da evlilik yalnızca birer tema değil; asıl mesele, insanların birbirlerine nasıl baktıkları, kendi kusurlarını başkalarında nasıl gördükleridir.

Bandits & Rebels is an anthology of some of Jules Verne’s earliest work, including the first appearance of a submarine in his fiction. As well as his interest in science, it illustrates his geographical and historical range, with San Carlos, a story about smugglers in Spain; a story about the...

A collection of some of William Trevor’s most acclaimed works, as heard on BBC Radio William Trevor was an Irish literary legend. In a 40-year career, he published a multiplicity of novels, plays, and short stories, and received numerous awards and honours. He was often compared to Chekhov for...

Nur and Abid relearn to love after they escape from war. Marie, who keeps the women of the village from giving birth to children borne of war, finds herself in a situation she hasn't faced before. In a London park, an ageing MI-6 official discovers that the woman he meets every day may not be...