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Fiction · 1904

Kwaidan

Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

Reading time
about 2.5 h
Length
37,027 words · 100 pages
Structure
29 chapters · 3 front-matter sections
Language
English
Era
Victorian

Kwaidan, first published in 1904, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Note
  2. Introduction
  3. The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi
  4. Oshidori
  5. The Story of o-Tei
  6. Ubazakura
  7. Diplomacy
  8. Of a Mirror and a Bell
  9. Jikininki
  10. Mujina
  11. Rokuro-Kubi
  12. A Dead Secret
  13. Yuki-Onna
  14. The Story of Aoyagi
  15. Jiu-Roku-Zakura
  16. The Dream of Akinosuké
  17. Riki-Baka
  18. Hi-Mawari
  19. Hōrai
  20. Butterflies — Part I
  21. Butterflies — Part II
  22. Butterflies — Part III
  23. Butterflies — Part IV
  24. Mosquitoes
  25. Ants — Part I
  26. Ants — Part II
  27. Ants — Part III
  28. Ants — Part IV — Now for stranger facts:—
  29. Ants — Part V
  30. Ants — Part VI
  31. Ants — Part VII
  32. Notes

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Lafcadio Hearn

1850–1904 · Victorian

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