| Description |
1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations |
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Travellers series |
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Travellers series
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| Contents |
Cover; AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CHINESE GIRL; A PAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; A PAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL CHINESE EDITION; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: MY CHILDHOOD; CHAPTER I. WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME; CHAPTER II. MY FAMILY; CHAPTER III. THE GOLDEN DAYS OF MY CHILDHOOD; CHAPTER IV. TEA-GIRLS AND SPINNING-MAIDENS; CHAPTER V. MY FIRST SUFFERING; CHAPTER VI. THE VILLAGE PRIVATE SCHOOL; CHAPTER VII. MY UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE; PART TWO: MY SCHOOLDAYS; CHAPTER VIII. MY FIRST SCHOOL; CHAPTER IX. MORE SCHOOLS AND MORE TROUBLES |
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Chapter x. headmaster grandmachapter xi. my first literary attempt; chapter xii. platonic love; chapter xiii. a public love letter; chapter xiv. the beginning of my struggles; chapter xv. my first love; part three: my army life; chapter xvi. joining the army; chapter xvii. country girls and the train; chapter xviii. expelled again; chapter xix. serving in the ranks; the authoress in uniform; chapter xx. 'down with love!'; chapter xxi. some points on discipline; chapter xxii. setting out; chapter xxiii. an incident on the road; chapter xxiv. night march; chapter xxv. demobilisation |
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Part four: my prison life at homechapter xxvi. my home-coming; chapter xxvii. my quarrel with my mother; chapter xxviii. confined by my mother; chapter xxix. my pilgrimage; chapter xxx. bad news; chapter xxxi. secret meeting; chapter xxxii. my first attempt at escape; chapter xxxiii. second attempt; chapter xxxiv. third attemp; part five: my wandering life; chapter xxxv. in prison; chapter xxxvi. out of prison; chapter xxxvii. the schoolmistress; chapter xxxviii. under suspicion; chapter xxxix. the night of terror; chapter xl. more terrors; chapter xli. deliverance |
| Summary |
First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published by Allen & Unwin, 1943; originally published in 1944 by Kegal Paul International |
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Translated from the Chinese |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Xie, Bingying, 1906-2000.
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| SUBJECT |
Xie, Bingying, 1906-2000 fast |
| Subject |
Women authors, Chinese -- 20th century -- Biography
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Authors, Chinese -- 20th century -- Biography
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Women soldiers -- China -- 20th century -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Authors, Chinese
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Women authors, Chinese
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Women soldiers
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- Northern Expedition, 1926-1928.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024113
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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History
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tsui, Chi
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| ISBN |
9781136210532 |
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1136210539 |
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9780203040652 |
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0203040651 |
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9781136210679 |
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1136210679 |
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9781136210600 |
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1136210601 |
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9781138964198 |
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1138964190 |
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