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    Lafcadio Hearn

    The improbable life story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) included a peculiarly gothic childhood in Ireland during which he was successively abandoned by his mother, his father and his guardian; two decades in the United States, where he worked as a journalist and was sacked for marrying a former slave; and a long period in Japan, where he married a Japanese woman and wrote about Japanese society and aesthetics for a Western readership. His ghost stories, which were drawn from Japanese folklore and influenced by Buddhist beliefs, appeared in collections throughout the 1890s and 1900s. He is a much celebrated figure in Japan.
    Japanese Ghost Stories
    Japanese Ghost Stories
    Lafcadio Hearn
    9780241381274
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 24, 2019
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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    Japanese Ghost Stories
    Japanese Ghost Stories
    Lafcadio Hearn
    9780241381274
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 24, 2019
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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