Shadowings
Lafcadio Hearn
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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. (5 hr 4 min)
Chapters
| STORIES FROM STRANGE BOOKS I The Reconciliation | 10:10 | Read by Availle |
| II A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu | 7:32 | Read by Isana |
| III The Screen-Maiden | 8:17 | Read by Jennifer Fournier |
| IV The Corpse-Rider | 7:52 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| V The Sympathy of Benten | 16:53 | Read by Risa Tsunagi |
| VI The Gratitude of the Samébito | 13:34 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| JAPANESE STUDIES I Sémi, Part 1 | 21:11 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| I Sémi, Part 2 | 19:15 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| II Japanese Female Names, Part 1 | 21:50 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| II Japanese Female Names, Part 2 | 36:44 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| II Japanese Female Names, Part 3 | 13:25 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| III Old Japanese Songs | 45:38 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| FANTASIES I Noctilucæ | 5:33 | Read by Isana |
| II A Mystery of Crowds | 11:10 | Read by Availle |
| III Gothic Horror | 15:25 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| IV Levitation | 10:34 | Read by Rich Burgess |
| V Nightmare-Touch | 16:06 | Read by Rich Burgess |
| VI Readings from a Dream-book | 17:39 | Read by Eva Davis |
| VII In a Pair of Eyes | 6:00 | Read by Rich Burgess |