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Anonymous,Patrick Hanan
Su Jishi, the adolescent son of the head of the Chinese traders’ association, the men licensed to deal with foreign merchants in the port, is suddenly burdened with responsibility for…
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A chilling tale of seduction and vice set in the illiciit world of nineteenth-century China.
Anonymous
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Patrick Hanan,Anonymous Patrick
Patrick Hanan
Li Yu, 1610-1680, was a brilliant comic writer and entertainer, a thoroughgoing professional whose life was in his work-plays, stories, a novel, criticism, essays, and poems. Hanan places him in…
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Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. This…
Examines Chinese fiction before and during the period in which Chinese writers first came into contact with western fiction. This book explores the uses made of fiction by westerners in…
The goal of this volume is to consider the relationship of writing to materiality in China’s literary history and to ponder the physical aspects of the production and circulation of…
Chen Diexian
Chen Diexian was a writer, inventor and business tycoon whose life spanned the old China and the new. This is the story of his passage from innocent boy to young…
Wu Jianren
Published in 1906, Stones in the Sea by Fu Lin and The Sea of Regret by Wu Jianren take opposite sides in the turn-of-the-century debate over the place of romantic…
Li Yu
In the 300 years since its initial publication, Li Yu’s book has been widely read in China, where it is recognised as a benchmark of erotic literature and currently enjoys…
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Anonymous’s Sir Patrick Spens, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
Explore the stunning beauty and rich history of St. Patrick's Cathedral with this comprehensive guidebook. Filled with vibrant photographs and fascinating anecdotes, readers will gain a deeper appreciation for this…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality…
This book contains the governing documents of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, a historical organization devoted to the study of early American history. It includes the society's charter, constitution, bylaws…
Full Title: Henry Chouteau v. Patrick Molony Description: The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Full Title: Statement on Behalf of Robert Shedden Patrick of Trearne and Hessilhead, A Minor, and William Cochran Patrick, Esq. of Ladyland, His Curator and Guardian Description: The Making of…
This fascinating book offers a detailed history of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, one of the oldest and most influential Irish-American organizations in the United States…
""A Conversation Between Dominie And Patrick Or The Bible Versus Papacy"" is a religious book that presents a dialogue between two characters, Dominie and Patrick, discussing the differences between the…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.
Li Yu,Yu Li
Yu Li
Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from pre-modern China. With Hanan’s introduction and…
Life of Right Reverend Patrick Phelan - third bishop of Kingston is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1862. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different…
Full Title: Trial and Execution of Patrick O'Donnell - Letter from The Secretary of State
Description: The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 collection provides descriptions of the major…
Full Title: To the Officers of the Army; The Singular and Interesting Case of Patrick Dillon, Esq. Description: The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 collection provides descriptions of…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 2,7, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Hausarbeit beschaeftigt sich mit Patrick Sueskinds Debuetroman…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This is a historical document written by an unknown author about the state of South Carolina's penitentiary system in the mid-19th century. It offers insights into the treatment of prisoners…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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