芥川竜之介の短編小説。大正8年（1919）、雑誌「新小説」に発表。ヨーロッパ中世の聖人伝「黄金伝説」に着想を得た作品とされる。キリスト教の聖人伝説集『レゲンダ・アウレア』（黄金伝説）に登場する聖人クリストフォロスの生涯を翻案した小説。キリシタン版の『天草本伊曾保物語』（1594年刊）で使用されている、戦国時代の京阪地方における話し言葉を引用した文体に特徴がある。芥川の小説におけるジャンル「切支丹物」の傑作とされる。
Three Ghost Stories（三个鬼故事） 立即阅读
As a gifted writer with a strong interest in supernatural phenomena, Charles Dickens produced a string of ghost stories with enduring charm. Three of them are presented here, of which The Signal Man is one of the best known. Though quite different from his most celebrated realistic and humorous critical novels, these ghost stories, Gothic and grotesque as they are, are of good portrayal, and worth a read/listen.
The Cause of it All（一切因由） 立即阅读
CHARACTERSAKULÍNA. An old woman of seventy, brisk, dignified, old-fashioned.MICHAEL. Her son, thirty-five years old, passionate, self-satisfied,vain and strong.MARTHA. Her daughter-in-law, a grumbler, speaks much and rapidly.PARÁSHKA. Ten years old, daughter of Martha and Michael.TARÁS. The village elder's assistant, speaks slowly and gives himselfairs.A TRAMP. Forty years old, restless, thin, speaks impressively; whendrunk is particularly free and easy.IGNÁT. Forty years old, a buffoon, merry and stupid.
