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Novel

by 夏目漱石

( 24 ratings, 2 reviews )

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[DeepL Translation - needs review] A full-length novel by Natsume Soseki, a literary scholar of the Meiji period. Published in the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun and Osaka Asahi Shimbun [1914]. A masterpiece of Soseki's later years, consisting of three parts: "The Teacher and I," "My Parents and I," and "The Teacher and His Will. The teacher, who is guilty of betraying his best friend K and marrying the woman he loves, faces nothing but despair and death. The anguish of the solitary spirit of the Meiji...

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Page Count:

384

ISBN:

4101010137

ISBN13:

9784101010137

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Rakuten

Soseki Project

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(This is part of the Soseki project and thus is fully annotated in English with read along available)

Aozora

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(Free - Public Domain)

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https://youtu.be/uPXpHYs7y3s

(Audiobook)

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(4.08/5)

24 ratings2 reviews

Entertainment(3/5)

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Language learning(3.75/5)

4 ratings

ergaergsays

March 13, 2023

Language Learning

Entertainment

In the modernized editions the kanji is not as difficult as other books at this rating, I think. However the content and grammar are somewhat challenging, and I found it long, this book taking me 12+ hours to read.

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_Minossays

January 6, 2022

The second-most sold japanese novel, this is a lot gentler than the Dazais and Mishimas i've reviewed. Also deals with death, also deals with suicide, but does so much more as a clear lesson it wants to teach you. This is about romance, and about certain decisions and the impact they can have, about regret and perhaps chiefly about a set of morals.

Out of all the classic authors i've read (Mishima, Dazai, Fukunaga, Tanizaki, Ibuse), this i would say is the easiest to read language-wise. Very ca

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February 8, 2025

Language Learning