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Kokoro
The 15 classic essays collected in Kokoro examine the inner spiritual life of Japan.

The title itself can be translated as "heart," "spirit" or "inner meaning," and that's exactly what this collection teaches us about Japan. Sometimes touching and always compelling, the writings here tell the stories of the people and social codes that make Japan the unique place it is. "Kimiko" paints the portrait of a beautiful geisha; "By Force of Karma" tells the story of a Buddhist monk; and in "A Conservative," we come to know the thoughts and actions of a Samurai.

As an early interpreter of Japan to the West, Lafcadio Hearn was without parallel in his time. His numerous books about that country were read with a fascination that was a tribute to his keen powers of observation and the vividness of his descriptions. Today, even though Japan has changed greatly from what it was when he wrote about it, his writing is still valid, for it captures the essence of the country--an essence that has actually changed a good deal less than outward appearances might suggest. In a word, the Japanese character and the Japanese tradition are still fundamentally the same as Hearn found them to be, and for this reason, his books are still extremely revealing to readers in the West.
Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories And Studies Of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories And Studies Of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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The Best Psychic Stories

The Best Psychic Stories

others, Hereward Carrington, Elsa Barker, Helena Blavatsky, various authors, Gambier Bolton, Lafcadio Hearn, George Wharton Edwards, Nizida, Ambrose Bierce, St. John D. Seymour, Jack London, William T. Stead, Algernon Blackwood, Katherine Rickford, Walter F. Prince, Edgar Allan Poe, Andrew Jackson Davis

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Unabridged)

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Unabridged)

Lafcadio Hearn

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Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan

Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Children of the Levee

Children of the Levee

Lafcadio Hearn

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Manga Yokai Stories

Manga Yokai Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Collected Ghost Stories

Collected Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Collected Ghost Stories

Collected Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn

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The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn

Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Contes macabres du Japon

Contes macabres du Japon

Lafcadio Hearn, Sean Michael Wilson, Michiru Morikawa

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The Plague, Pestilence & Apocalypse MEGAPACK ®

The Plague, Pestilence & Apocalypse MEGAPACK ®

Robert Reed, Jack London, Edgar Wallace, Raymond F. Jones, Lafcadio Hearn

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The Third Ghost Story Megapack

The Third Ghost Story Megapack

Gertrude Atherton, F. Marion Crawford, Lafcadio Hearn, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce, W.W. Jacobs, W. C. Morrow, Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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The Second Ghost Story MEGAPACK®

The Second Ghost Story MEGAPACK®

M.R. James, Lafcadio Hearn

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Kokoro

Kokoro

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kotto

Kotto

Lafcadio Hearn

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Gleanings in Buddha Field

Gleanings in Buddha Field

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Chinese Ghost Stories

Chinese Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Two Years in the French West Indies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Two Years in the French West Indies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Lafcadio Hearn

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Out of the East

Out of the East

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Lafcadio Hearn's Japan

Lafcadio Hearn's Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Chita

Chita

Lafcadio Hearn

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Exotics and Retrospectives

Exotics and Retrospectives

Lafcadio Hearn

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Shadowings

Shadowings

Lafcadio Hearn

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Romance of the Milky Way

Romance of the Milky Way

Lafcadio Hearn

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