Lafcadio Hearn: 132 books

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) "Quand on se dirige vers le midi, se rendant de la Nouvelle-Orléans aux Iles, on passe par les détours sinueux de diverses rivières, à travers un étrange pays jusqu'à une mer étrange..." Le 10 août 1856, un ouragan tropical dévaste Last Island...

In Exotics and Retrospectives, Lafcadio Hearn plays the role not only of tour guide, but also dreamscaper. Whether through his narrative recounting of Japanese customs and traditional tales, or while sharing his personal observations and flights of fancy, Hearn's graceful and poetic prose enables...

The Third Ghost Story Megapack selects 26 more choice hauntings for your reading pleasure. Included this time are: THE DEAD AND THE COUNTESS, by Gertrude Atherton THE CEDAR CLOSET, by Lafcadio Hearn THE WRAITH OF BARNJUM, by F. Anstey THE JOLLY CORNER, by Henry James THE ROLL-CALL OF THE REEF,...

"The Second Ghost Story Megapack" selects 25 more choice haunts for your reading pleasure. Included this time are: THE SIGNAL-MAN, by Charles Dickens THE SOUL OF THE GREAT BELL, by Lafcadio Hearn PRESENT AT A HANGING, by Ambrose Bierce CANON ALBERIC’S SCRAP-BOOK by M. R. James THE...

A miscellany of ghost stories, odd tales, and curious observations by a master storyteller who penetrated Japan more deeply than any other Westerner. Lafcadio Hearn captures the folk spirit and quaint “exoticism” of a land thought at the time to be both mysterious and sinister. Lafcadio...

This collection of Japanese supernatural stories is a classic work in the field of Japanese horror. Known primarily as an early interpreter of Japanese culture and customs, the famous writer Lafcadio Hearn also wrote ghost stories—"delicate, transparent, ghostly sketches"—about...

Kottō: Being Japanese Curio's with Sundry Cobwebs written by Lafcadio Hearn who was a writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories. This book was published in 1902. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally...

LAFCADIO HEARN (1850–1904) was an international writer, best known for his classical collections of legends and ghost stories, and studies of all things strange and marvelous. He became known to the world at large by the originality, power and literary charm of his writings. Indeed, this wayward...

Out of the East came wonderful tales by a Westerner who loved the old Japan—devotion, ancestor worship, courtesy, and kindness—and record his feelings for the rest of the world to read. This collection of "reveries and studies," as author and legendary Japanologist Lafcadio Hearn...

Lafcadio Hearn, né en 1850 en Grèce, ayant vécu seize ans aux États-Unis, reste un nomade jusqu'au jour où il découvre dans le Japon la patrie de son esprit au point de s'y fixer en 1890. De cette date jusqu'à sa mort en 1904, il produit une suite de livres – romans et contes – sur ce pays,...

Upon his arrival in Japan in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn found himself enamored with the culture, people, and stories of the country, and would make Japan his home until his death in 1904. His collections of stories published during this time became the most popular of Hearn's writings, and earned him veneration...

Upon his arrival in Japan in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn found himself enamored with the culture, people, and stories of the country, and would make Japan his home until his death in 1904. His collections of stories published during this time became the most popular of Hearn's writings, and earned him veneration...

A traveler with insatiable wanderlust, journalist and ethnographer Lafcadio Hearn spent much of his life journeying to new and unfamiliar cultures. After spending some time in New Orleans, Hearn became interested in the fate of a barrier island off the Gulf Coast that had been destroyed by a tropical storm. It is this doomed island that forms the centerpiece of Hearn's engrossing novel Chita.

Letters from the Raven: Correspondence of L. Hearn with Henry Watkin is a Posthumous anthology written by  international writer Lafcadio Hearn.  This book is one of many works by him. It has already Published in 1907. Now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in...