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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.

Stories for Saturday Twentiethcentury Chinese

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 6/30/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824826901, 978-0824826901
      ISBN10: 0824826906
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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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