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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

by Lafcadio Hearn

Short stories · Gothic · Fantasy

Open Library OL859547W

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan; also archaic romanized Kwaidan), often shortened to Kwaidan ("ghost story"), is a 1904 book by Koizumi Yakumo (Lafcadio Hearn) that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects.

About the author

Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) is represented here by 6 public-domain titles, including "Out of the East": Reveries and Studies in New Japan, Chita: A Memory of Last Island, and Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Lafcadio Hearn.

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