Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2) by Songling Pu

"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)" by Pu Songling is a collection of Classical Chinese stories written over forty years from the late 1600s to early 1700s. Comprising nearly 500 tales of ghosts, foxes, and supernatural encounters, these stories blur the boundaries between the otherworldly and everyday reality. Rather than frightening readers, they explore passionate emotional entanglements between humans and spirits, often containing implicit critiques of society. The work has influenced generations of writers and remains celebrated as a pinnacle of Chinese supernatural literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Pu, Songling, 1640-1715
Translator Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Title Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject China -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Subject Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English
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EBook-No. 43629
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 23, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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