The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi
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"The American Diary of a Japanese Girl" by Yoné Noguchi is a novel published in 1902. Marketed as the authentic diary of an 18-year-old Japanese visitor named "Miss Morning Glory," it chronicles her transcontinental journey across America with her uncle. From San Francisco's high society to Chicago and New York, she befriends Americans, experiments with various occupations, and offers satirical observations on American life and culture. The novel was actually written by
male poet Yoné Noguchi, making it the first English-language novel published in the United States by a Japanese writer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Noguchi, Yoné, 1875-1947 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Yeto, Genjiro, 1867-1924 |
| LoC No. | 02023992 |
| Title | The American Diary of a Japanese Girl |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Diary_of_a_Japanese_Girl |
| Credits |
Produced by ellinora, Barry Abrahamse, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Japan -- Fiction |
| Subject | Japanese -- United States -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 63256 |
| Release Date | Sep 21, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2391 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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