叢そう談だん

noun

collection of stories; miscellany of tales

A literary term for a gathered collection of anecdotes, tales, or miscellaneous writings. Rare in everyday speech; encountered mainly in titles of older or scholarly compilations.

• 『江え戸ど叢そう談だん』には、当とう時じの庶しょ民みんの暮くらしが描えがかれている。

  In 'Edo Sōdan', the lives of common people of that era are depicted.