海上花列傳
by Han, Bangqing
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Title:
海上花列傳
Alternate Title:
Hai Shang Hua Lie Zhuan
Note:
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sing-song_Girls_of_Shanghai
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Produced by In On Lou
Summary:
"海上花列傳" by Bangqing Han is a novel published in 1892 that chronicles the lives of prostitutes in late 19th-century Shanghai. As the first Chinese novel to be serially published, it distinguished itself by writing all dialogue in Wu Chinese dialect rather than standard...