恨海 by Jianren Wu

"恨海" by Jianren Wu is a novel published in 1906. Set during the chaos of the Boxer Uprising of 1900, it follows two couples whose arranged marriages unravel tragically—one groom dies from opium addiction while his brother's bride-to-be becomes a prostitute. The story explores the conflict between traditional marriage duties and personal survival as young people face impossible choices between family honor and their own lives. One of the decade's bestsellers, it responds to attacks on Chinese marriage customs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Wu, Jianren, 1866-1910
Title 恨海
Alternate Title Hen Hai
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Regret
Credits Produced by Hsiu Wen Wang
Reading Level Reading ease score: 21.9 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read.
Language Chinese
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Subject Arranged marriage -- Fiction
Subject China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 23865
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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