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  • Mr. Wu

    by LOUISE JORDAN MILN & HAROLD OWEN & HARRY M. VERNON ...
    The story revolves around Mr. Wu, a wealthy Chinese merchant who has adopted Western ways and values. Despite his success in business, Mr. Wu struggles to reconcile his Chinese heritage with his desire to assimilate into Western society. His internal conflict is further complicated by the expectations of his traditional Chinese family and the influence of his Western-educated son.As the narrative ... Read more

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  • Mr. Wu

    Enriched edition. Based on the Play "Mr. Wu" by H. M. Vernon and Harold Owen

    by Louise Jordan Miln, Harold Owen, Harry M. Vernon, Arden Whitlowe ...
    Within the collection titled 'Mr. Wu,' readers are invited into a tapestry of narratives that explore the intricate intersections of cultural exchange and personal identity. This anthology presents an assemblage of stories set against the backdrop of early 20th-century East and West encounters, capturing a diverse range of literary styles from poignant personal reflections to evocative cultural ... Read more

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    by Pearl S. Buck ...
    Nobel winner Pearl S. Buck’s classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman’s coming of age as she’s torn between Eastern and Western culturesKwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl—taught by her mother to submit in all things, “as a flower submits to sun and rain alike.” Her marriage was arranged before she was born. As she approaches her wedding day, she’s surprised by one aspect of her anticipated ... Read more

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  • The Story of the Stone (Volume I)

    by Cao Xueqin ...
    Translated by John Minford ...
    Series Book 1 - The Story of the Stone
    The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets ... Read more

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  • Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

    by Lu Xun ...
    Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Lu Xun. Lu Xun (1881–1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a novelist, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.The Complete Short Stories of Lu Xun where included in ... Read more

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  • The Story of the Stone (Volume II)

    by Cao Xueqin ...
    Translated by John Minford ...
    Series Book 2 - The Story of the Stone
    "The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dream of the Red Chamber", is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, "The Dreamer Awakes", was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic ... Read more

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  • The Story of the Stone (Volume V)

    by Cao Xueqin ...
    Translated by John Minford ...
    Series Book 5 - The Story of the Stone
    The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes, was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah (Including Max Carrados Mysteries & Kai Lung Fantasy Series) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Edwardian Mysteries, Chinese Fantasy, British Wit

    by Ernest Bramah, Alaric Larkwell ...
    The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah gathers the remarkable range of a writer who moved with equal assurance through detective fiction, fantasy, satire, and comic romance. Its two best-known achievements, the Max Carrados mysteries and the Kai Lung tales, reveal Bramah's distinctive literary gifts: intricate plotting, aphoristic wit, formal elegance, and a taste for paradox. Carrados, the blind ... Read more

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  • Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies

    by Moss Roberts ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    This collection of tales opens up a magical world far from our customary haunts. Ghost stories, romances, fables, and heroic sagas: the forms are familiar, but the characters we meet surprise us at every turn. For those who know and love the tales of the Grimms and Andersen, the universal themes of fairy tale literature emerge in these classic stories, but with a sophistication that is uniquely ... Read more

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  • Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

    The classic collection of eerie and fantastic Chinese stories of the supernatural

    by Pu Songling ...
    Translated by Herbert A. Giles ...
    Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu in the eighteenth century.These tales of ghosts, magic, vampirism, and other things bizarre and fantastic are an excellent Chinese companion to Lafcadio Hearn's well-known collections of Japanese ghost ... Read more

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  • Dream of the Red Chamber

    by Cao Xueqin ...
    Translated by H. Bencraft Joly ...
    The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature." It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters, and telling observations about the life and social structures of 18th century China. Many consider it to be the pinnacle of the classical Chinese novel.The "Red Chamber" is a term used to describe the sheltered area where the daughters of ... Read more

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  • The Island Where Time Stands Still

    by Dennis Wheatley ...
    Series series Gregory Sallust
    'Before there was James Bond, there was Gregory Sallust.' Tina Rosenberg, Salon.comThe Island Where Time Stands Still is the ninth in Dennis Wheatley's bestselling Gregory Sallust series featuring the debonair spy Gregory Sallust, a forerunner to Ian Fleming's James Bond.On a pleasure cruise on the South Seas, Sir Pellinore Gwaine-Cust's yacht hits a coral reef and sinks in minutes. Only one ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD