| Description |
1 online resource (x, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Confidence in the game / Zhu Shouju -- Red chips / Feng Shuluan -- Rickshaw man / Zhang Biwu -- Bridal palanquin / Yan Fusun -- For the love of her feet / He Haiming -- So near, so far / Bao Tianxiao -- On the road to thistle gate / Cheng Danlu -- Windmaster / Zhang Mingfei -- From marvelous gallants, chapter 40 / Xiang Kairan -- Black cat / Xiang Kairan -- Sunglasses society / Sun Liaohong -- Ghost in the villa / Cheng Xiaoqing -- In the pawnshop / Zhao Tiaokuang -- Writer's tribulations / Fan Yanqiao -- Men's depravity exposed / Xu Zhuodai |
| Summary |
In the first half of the 20th century, many Chinese lost themselves in tales of scandal, romance and martial gallantry - standard reading for city dwellers craving escape. The stories selected and translated here are a record of what urban life was like, as well as what readers wished it to be |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Translated from the Chinese |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Chinese.
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Chinese fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Translations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wong, Timothy C.
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| ISBN |
9780824864477 |
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0824864476 |
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