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Author: S. I. Hsiung
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Published: 2017-04-07
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780573611391
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A beautiful, romantic drama of love, fidelity, treachery, and poetry presented in the style of traditional Chinese theatre.
Author: Shih I Hsiung
Publisher: London : Methuen
Published: 1935
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The headstrong Precious Stream engineers the game of chance by which her future husband is to be determined so that the gardener Hsieh Ping-Kuei, whom she loves, wins her hand. Marrying against her father's wishes, they choose a life of poverty together. Hsieh is sent away to war and (it is hoped by most of his in-laws) to his death. However, with the help of the Princess of the Western Regions who loves and wants to marry him, he conquers this unruly territory and becomes its king. Now he is in a quandary, with obligations to two good and loving women...Includes an extra character, the "Reader" who explains conventions of the traditional Chinese stage and speaks some of the character descriptions and plot explanations provided by Hsiung in earlier editions.
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Skuespil af ukendt proveniens i kinesisk folkelig tradition oversat og bearbejdet som en apoteose over de forskellige versioner der opføres på den kinesiske skueplads
