Brief description
Dickens's Short Stories translated into Japanese
Label
Books sold in Japan come with a paper slip or ribbon called an obi which acts as an advert summarising the contents. This collection of 11 of Dickens's short stories, including ghost and Christmas stories such as The Signal Man and The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, has an obi which says that these stories "explore the dark and abnormal psychology of human beings".
Collection
Library
Object number
[lib]3945
Object type
book
Title
ディケンズ短篇集; Dikenzu tanpen-shū
Production person
Dickens, Charles
Koike, Shigeru
Ishizuka, Hiroko
Production organisation
Iwanami Shoten
Production date
1986
Production place
Tokyo
Inscription content
For the Dickens Fellowship with the best wishes and regards from Shigeru Koike and Hiroko Ishizuka Translators. Tokyo, April, 1986; translated by Shigeru Koike & Hiroko Ishizuka published by Iwanami Shoten April, 1986
Inscription description
blue and black ink on inside cover page; pencil on title page

Dickens's Short Stories in Japanese