# Botchan

by [Natsume Sōseki](https://localbooks.app/authors/natsume-soseki)

- Genres: [Umor și satiră](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/humor-and-satire), [Romane de formare](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/coming-of-age)
- Set in: [Matsuyama, Prefectura Ehime, Japonia](https://localbooks.app/places/jp/ehime/matsuyama); [Токё, Japonia](https://localbooks.app/places/jp/tokyo)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1906
- Pages: 178

## Description

A hot-headed young Tokyo man takes a job teaching maths at a provincial school, where his students play pranks and his fellow teachers scheme. Sōseki's comic novel, based on his own teaching years, is one of Japan's most-read books.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1174969W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Botchan)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/botchan/read/1 (12 chapters, 47805 words)

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