Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series, credited to Lafcadio Hearn, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series by Lafcadio Hearn. Read in English by mlcui. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinating he decided to stay there for the rest of his life. In these essays and recollections he expresses his curiosity, bewilderment, and marvel at Japanese tradition, culture and lifestyle. Lafcadio Hearn is best known as the most notable person to introduce Japan to the West. He produced about thirty works, including translations, retellings of folktales, and travelogues. - Summary by mlcui

Recording facts

• Recording title: Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
• Author credits: Lafcadio Hearn
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 11:38:58

Catalogue topics

• culture
• Japan
• traditions
• Japanese
• travel

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - Preface — 11:11
2. 01 - Ch 1: My First Day in the Orient, Part 1 — 25:23
3. 02 - Ch 1: My First Day in the Orient, Part 2 — 29:40
4. 03 - Ch 2: The Writing of Kobodaishi — 9:06
5. 04 - Ch 3: Jizo, Part 1 — 29:51
6. 05 - Ch 3: Jizo, Part 2 — 26:04
7. 06 - Ch 4: A Pilgrimage to Enoshima, Part 1 — 29:05
8. 07 - Ch 4: A Pilgrimage to Enoshima, Part 2 — 24:34
9. 08 - Ch 4: A Pilgrimage to Enoshima, Part 3 — 32:18
10. 09 - Ch 5: At the Market of the Dead — 27:55
11. 10 - Ch 6: Bon Odori — 40:33
12. 11 - Ch 7: The Chief City of the Province of the Gods, Part 1 — 26:31
13. 12 - Ch 7: The Chief City of the Province of the Gods, Part 2 — 21:32
14. 13 - Ch 7: The Chief City of the Province of the Gods, Part 3 — 22:52
15. 14 - Ch 8: Kitzuki: The Most Ancient Shrine of Japan, Part 1 — 22:07
16. 15 - Ch 8: Kitzuki: The Most Ancient Shrine of Japan, Part 2 — 30:28
17. 16 - Ch 8: Kitzuki: The Most Ancient Shrine of Japan, Part 3 — 31:14
18. 17 - Ch 9: In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts — 37:00
19. 18 - Ch 10: At Mionoseki — 26:49
20. 19 - Ch 11: Notes on Kitzuki, Part 1 — 24:38
21. 20 - Ch 11: Notes on Kitzuki, Part 2 — 32:41
22. 21 - Ch 12: At Hinomisaki — 22:32
23. 22 - Ch 13: Shinju — 15:28
24. 23 - Ch 14: Yaegaki-jinja — 32:38

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