Shadowings
Lafcadio Hearn
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Length 5 h 5 min
Chapters 19
First published 1919
This is another of the popular books that Lafcadio Hearn wrote on various Japanese subjects. The first part "Stories From Strange Books" is a collection of Japanese tales about ghosts and strange occurrences. In the second part "Japanese Studies", Hearn discourses on cicadae, girl's names, and Japanese songs. The third part "Fantasies" are stories and essays on various topics written by Hearn himself. - Summary by Availle
DPLs for this project were ChuckW and Isana.
Chapters
1
STORIES FROM STRANGE BOOKS I The Reconciliation Read by Availle 10:10
2
II A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu Read by Isana 7:32
3
III The Screen-Maiden Read by Jennifer Fournier 8:17
4
IV The Corpse-Rider Read by Larry Wilson 7:52
5
V The Sympathy of Benten Read by Risa Tsunagi 16:53
6
VI The Gratitude of the Samébito Read by Larry Wilson 13:34
7
JAPANESE STUDIES I Sémi, Part 1 Read by Larry Wilson 21:11
8
I Sémi, Part 2 Read by Larry Wilson 19:15
9
II Japanese Female Names, Part 1 Read by Larry Wilson 21:50
10
II Japanese Female Names, Part 2 Read by Larry Wilson 36:44
11
II Japanese Female Names, Part 3 Read by Larry Wilson 13:25
12
III Old Japanese Songs Read by Larry Wilson 45:38
13
FANTASIES I Noctilucæ Read by Isana 5:33
14
II A Mystery of Crowds Read by Availle 11:10
15
III Gothic Horror Read by realisticspeakers 15:25
16
IV Levitation Read by Rich Burgess 10:34
17
V Nightmare-Touch Read by Rich Burgess 16:06
18
VI Readings from a Dream-book Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) 17:39
19
VII In a Pair of Eyes Read by Rich Burgess 6:00
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens gutenberg.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
