The writings of author and traveler Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) introduced many Western readers to the otherworldly space of Japan. This unauthorized 1919 biography of a unique figure in literary history is based on his candid correspondence with his Irish half-sister, Mrs. Atkinson. For as Kennard notes, Hearn was shy and not just any correspondence would suffice to present the journalist as who he was.
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Nina H. Kennard (1844–1926), who also published as N. H. Kennard and Mrs. Arthur Kennard, wrote Mrs. Siddons—a biography of the 18th-century British tragedienne Sarah Siddons, Rachel—a biography of the 19th-century French actress Élisa Rachel Félix, and the novels Helene, Diogenes’ Saddle, The Second Lady Delcombe, and There’s Rue for You.
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