Kwaidan
Stories and Studies of Strange Things
- First published:
- 20th century
- Languages: English, French, German, Japanese
- Content type: Fiction
The publication of a new volume of Lafcadio Hearn's exquisite studies of Japan happens, by a delicate irony, to fall in the very month when the world is waiting with tense expectation for news of the latest exploits of Japanese battleships.
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Editions
Open Library reports 42 editions; 1 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
stories and studies of strange things Open Library record | 1908 | Houghton, Mifflin | English | — | Public |
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- Open Library reports 42 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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