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Gleanings in Buddha-Fields by Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904).


This project is now complete! All recordings can be downloaded from the catalog page here:
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A book with 11 stories about Japan by Lafcadio Hearn ( Ava)
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    Pronunciation of Japanese Words:
    Although simplified, the following general rules will help the reader unfamiliar with Japanese to come close enough to Japanese pronunciation.

    There are five vowels: a (as in fAther), i (as in machIne), u (as in fOOl), e (as in fEllow), and o (as in mOle). Although certain vowels become nearly "silent" in some environments, this phenomenon can be safely ignored for the purpose at hand.

    Consonants roughly approximate their corresponding sounds in English, except for r, which is actually somewhere between r and l (this is why the Japanese have trouble distinguishing between English r and l), and f, which is much closer to h.


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    Magic Window:



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    Genres for the project: Short Stories; *Non-fiction/Essays & Short Works
    Keywords that describe the book: Japan, Kyoto, Osaka, Shinto, Buddhism
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Post by Availle »

I found another book by Lafcadio Hearn!

Here, he presents 11 accounts on various Japanese subjects, including a rebirth... :shock: There is a Japanese pronunciation guide above the Magic Window; feel free to ask if you're unsure about something.

DPL wanted! :D
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Post by Isana »

Oh, dear, you found another one. :D

I would like to claim Sections 8 and 9, please.

Also, I would like to volunteer to DPL.
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Thank you Isana, you're in for both, no: all three of your claims :wink:
Have fun!

I think this is pretty much the last of his Japan related books. He also has a book on Chinese Ghost stories, which may be popular, and one called "Romance of the Milkyway" I didn't look at in detail. Of course, there is also "Lafcadio Hearn: Life and Letters" in at least two volumes, but I'm not sure how interesting that would be for the average reader/listener...
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Post by bluechien »

Could I claim this one, please?

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If not, why then, this parting was well made.
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It's yours, thank you Eva! :D
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Post by Isana »

Availle wrote:Thank you Isana, you're in for both, no: all three of your claims :wink:
Have fun!

I think this is pretty much the last of his Japan related books. He also has a book on Chinese Ghost stories, which may be popular, and one called "Romance of the Milkyway" I didn't look at in detail. Of course, there is also "Lafcadio Hearn: Life and Letters" in at least two volumes, but I'm not sure how interesting that would be for the average reader/listener...
Thanks, Ava. :D

Aww, I will be sad when we run out of Lafcadio. I love his insights, essays, and the way he strings together words. As for Life and Letters, I dare say it would be interesting to many. I just had a glance at Romance of the Milky Way, and again it's mostly about Japanese culture--tanabata, poems, stories, and more (a lot of Japanese language).

One of these days, I will search the library here (which has a good collection of old books) and see if there are still unscanned copies of Lafcadio left.
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Ava,
May I read 5 and 6?
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Of course, thank you MaryAnn!

I'll move this over to Readers Wanted...
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Post by Isana »

Thank you, MaryAnn. Here are my PL notes:

Section 5: The file name should be 05 instead of 04. The intro should say chapter 4 instead of chapter 5. Otherwise, this section is PL OK.

Section 6: The file name should be 06 instead of 05. The intro should say chapter 5 instead of chapter 6 (the second instance).

00:19:03 -- Missing the following phrase: "and the highest art is that in which detail is most exquisitely elaborated."
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Thanks for the quick turn around! I'll make the corrections and read the intros as "section x", dropping all reference the the chapter number.

Ava - you may want to change the intro from "chapter blah blah" to "section blah blah". I read chapters 4 and 5, so to speak of them in the intro as chapters 5 and 6 seems odd to me.

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Post by Isana »

MaryAnn, don't forget the outros if you are going to change to sections. The chapters in the outros are currently correct. :D
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Thanks to you both for the quick turnaround! :D

Yes, I think saying "section" in the very beginning makes most sense. I thought it would be fine with "chapter", but then I had to split more of them than I thought...

I will enter your files into the MW when you fixed the filename to avoid confusion.
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