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In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of the narrative art form - not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One
• Subtitle: The Gathering
• Author: David Tod Roy
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520
• EAN: 9780691016146
• ISBN: 0691016143
• ID: 04639393
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 1148 g
• Dimensions: 232 × 157 × 46 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. April 1997

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