The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1In the course of the preparation of these volumes...
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Author: Bisland, Elizabeth,1861-1929
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Language: English
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The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1

$17.80 $8.89

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1

$17.80 $8.89
Author: Bisland, Elizabeth,1861-1929
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1

In the course of the preparation of these volumes there was gradually accumulated so great a number of the letters written by Lafcadio Hearn during twenty-five years of his life, and these letters proved of so interesting a nature, that eventually the plan of the whole work was altered. The original intention was that they should serve only to illuminate the general text of the biography, but as their number and value became more apparent it was evident that to reproduce them in full would make the book both more readable and more illustrative of the character of the man than anything that could possibly be related of him. No biographer could have so vividly pictured the modesty and tender-heartedness, the humour and genius of the man as he has unconsciously revealed these qualities in unstudied communications to his friends. Happilyin these days when the preservation of letters is a rare thingalmost every one to whom he wrote appeared instinctively to treasureeven when he was still unknownevery one of his communications, though here and there regrettable gaps occur, owing to the accidents of changes of residence, three of which, as every one knows, are more destructive of such treasures than a fire. To all of his correspondents who have so generously contributed their treasured letters I wish to express my sincere thanks. Especially is gratitude due to Professor Masanubo Otani, of the Shinshu University of Tky, for the painstaking accuracy and fulness of the information he contributed as to the whole course of Hearns life in Japan. The seven fragments of autobiographical reminiscence, discovered after Hearns death, added to the letters, narrowed my task to little more than the recording of dates and such brief comments and explanations as were required for the better comprehension of his own contributions to the book. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 42312
Author: Bisland, Elizabeth
Release Date: Mar 23, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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