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Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

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Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 — 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲). He wrote many books on Japan,...

Julia Niedermaier 13 hours 58 minutes

Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life

Essays & Short Works

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Lafcadio Hearn - Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life

In an introductory paragraph, Lafcadio Hearn declares his intention: «The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title...

Expatriate 7 hours 57 minutes

Gleanings in Buddha Fields

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Lafcadio Hearn - Gleanings in Buddha Fields

Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known for his collections of Japanese ghost stories (in particular Kwaidan ), he...

Availle and 6 more 6 hours 25 minutes

Exotics and Retrospectives

Essays & Short Works

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Lafcadio Hearn - Exotics and Retrospectives

Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings about Japan from the beginning of the Meiji era, when the country was just...

William Gavula and 8 more 5 hours 32 minutes

Shadowings

Essays & Short Works

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Lafcadio Hearn - Shadowings

This is another of the popular books that Lafcadio Hearn wrote on various Japanese subjects. The first part «Stories From Strange Books» is a collection of Japanese tales about ghosts and strange occurrences. In the...

Availle and 7 more 5 hours 4 minutes

In Ghostly Japan

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Lafcadio Hearn - In Ghostly Japan

This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries to give a glimpse into the customs of the Japanese, by giving examples of...

Nadine Eckert-Boulet and 5 more 4 hours 33 minutes

Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Lafcadio Hearn - Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs

Kottō contains 20 Japanese stories, collected from different sources and translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The types of stories in this collection are widespread: There are old ghost stories Hearn is best known for (The...

Scott Carpenter and 8 more 4 hours 19 minutes

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Short Stories

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Lafcadio Hearn - Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,— such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Some of the stories may have...

Vilayvanh and 4 more 3 hours 51 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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