Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 is presented here as a catalogued digital edition in the Folklore section of vuiya.com.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 41,366 words, corresponding to an estimated 180 minutes of reading, and is divided into 26 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 21.8 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.134. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Ghost stories, Paranormal fiction, Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction, Legends -- Japan. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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