Lafcadio Hearn
Horror Story Collection 002
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An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusi…
In Ghostly Japan
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This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 020
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
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Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citize…
Short Mystery Story Collection 002
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LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of …
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 009
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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Antología de Cuentos Fantásticos
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El cuento fantástico es la narración de la realidad que mezcla elementos reales e irreales, extraños e inexplicables, c…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001
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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 003
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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Short Story Collection Vol. 004
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Librivox’s Short Story Collection 004: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox member…
Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
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In an introductory paragraph, Lafcadio Hearn declares his intention: "The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than …
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
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Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,— such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Koko…
Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs
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Kottō contains 20 Japanese stories, collected from different sources and translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The types of stories in this collect…
Short Story Collection Vol. 059
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LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories including lesser known works by Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar Allan Poe, an ear…
Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites
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In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in which he discussed the history of what came …
Short Story Collection Vol. 017
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Librivox’s Short Story Collection 017: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Short Story Collection Vol. 014
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Librivox’s Short Story Collection 014: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Gleanings in Buddha Fields
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Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known fo…
Exotics and Retrospectives
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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 a…
Collection: Tales of the Cities
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This is a collection of city stories, fiction or non-fiction, in English and published before 1923. Contributions have been chosen by the re…
1891 Collection
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A look at the year 1891 through literature and non-fiction essays first published that year, including works by Mary E Wilkins, Sir Arthur C…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042
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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 010
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Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 010: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016
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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Shadowings
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This is another of the popular books that Lafcadio Hearn wrote on various Japanese subjects. The first part "Stories From Strange Books…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 036
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 02
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This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052
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Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064
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Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Eucken's "The Failure of Speculative Philosophy," is one of several essays de…
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinat…
Dreams Collection 1 - Stories and Poems
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This is a collection of 20 stories and/or poems, contributed by Librivox volunteers, pertaining to dreams. ( ~ Michele Fry)
Children's Short Works, Vol. 026
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Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 026: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
El secreto
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Heinlopo, como es sabido, es un importante puerto en la caza y empaque de camarones, y Greco era dueño de varios barcos, cada uno co…
La historia de O-Tei
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Hace muchos años, en la ciudad de Niigata, provincia de Echizen, existió un joven conocido por el nombre de Nagao Chosei. Era …
Ubazakura
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Lafcadio Hearn, écrivain irlandais, a vécu au Japon de 1890 à 1905. Il a alors écrit de nombreux ouvrages sur ce…
El cerezo de la nodriza
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Hace trescientos años, en la aldea de Asamimura, distrito de Onsengôri, provincia de Iyô, vivía un buen hombre lla…
En una estación de ferrocarril
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Séptimo día del sexto mes veintiséis de Meiji Ayer un telegrama de Fukuoka anunció que un desesperado criminal c…