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  • Written by: David Tod Roy - translator
  • Narrated by: George Backman
  • Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
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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.
©1993 Princeton University Press (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Classics Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction World Literature
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It’s interesting to follow the adventures of the main character and at the same time have an insight into the behaviour of the corrupt administration. The rich have always the cream of what life is offering.

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