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Strange Stories Series
By Pu Songling and Victoria Pearson
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Love can bring us together, but it can also tear us apart.
Dive into ten very different tales all sharing the theme of love; the good, the bad and the hideously ugly. Maternal love leads to obsession, infidelity leads to heartbreak and a prince ends up very disappointed with his lot.
You may have seen one or two of these characters before, but never in this light.
Twisted perspectives on old tales and new stories whose characters will stay with you forever...
To love is man's greatest gift, and his greatest curse
Titles in the series (5)
- Strange Stories 1: 10
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This Smashwords edition of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio was transcribed from the 1908 Second Edition of a translation by Herbert A. Giles. Broomhandle Books has edited the stories to provide modern punctuation and styling so as to make them more accessible to a reader in this e-book format. In addition, Chinese personal and place names have been rendered into modern pinyin. Stories 1 - 10 include: Story 1. Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel Story 2. The Talking Pupils Story 3. The Painted Wall Story 4. Planting a Pear Tree Story 5. The Taoist Priest of Laoshan Story 6. The Buddhist Priest of Changqing Story 7. The Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter Story 8. Miss Jiao Nuo Story 9. The Magical Arts Story 10. Joining the Immortals
- Strange Stories 11-20
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This Smashwords edition of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio was transcribed from the 1908 Second Edition of a translation by Herbert A. Giles. Broomhandle Books has edited the stories to provide modern punctuation and styling so as to make them more accessible to a reader in this e-book format. In addition, Chinese personal and place names have been rendered into modern pinyin. Stories 11-20 include: Story 11. The Fighting Quails Story 12. The Painted Skin Story 13: The Trader’s Son Story 14: Judge Lu Story 15: Miss Yingning, or the Laughing Girl Story 16: The Magic Sword Story 17: The Shui-mang Plant Story 18: Little Zhu Story 19: Miss Quarta Hu Story 20: Mr. Zhu, the Considerate Husband
- Strange Worlds: Surreal Stories and Tainted Tales
Slip into fifteen dark tales that show the world through a strange new perspective. Take your imagination on a journey that begins before birth and continues long after death, stopping off to marvel, tremble and wonder at the strange worlds in between. Meet zombies, vampires, leprechauns, even a genie, as you have never seen them before. Ponder what the world feels like for a child as yet unborn, spend a sleepless night with a would-be murderer, and see what becomes of the angel who trades places with one of the most vulnerable in our society. Find out what life feels like when you can no longer rely on your senses, when you have no-one left to trust, not even yourself... If you like your short fiction shrouded in darkness and sprinkled with the strange, then this is the collection for you. Leap into the unknown, and see the world through someone else’s mind...
- Strange Stories 21: 30
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This Smashwords edition of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio was transcribed from the 1908 Second Edition of a translation by Herbert A. Giles. Broomhandle Books has edited the stories to provide modern punctuation and styling so as to make them more accessible to a reader in this e-book format. In addition, Chinese personal and place names have been rendered into modern pinyin.
- Strange Love: Short Stories and Twisted Tales
Love can bring us together, but it can also tear us apart. Dive into ten very different tales all sharing the theme of love; the good, the bad and the hideously ugly. Maternal love leads to obsession, infidelity leads to heartbreak and a prince ends up very disappointed with his lot. You may have seen one or two of these characters before, but never in this light. Twisted perspectives on old tales and new stories whose characters will stay with you forever... To love is man's greatest gift, and his greatest curse
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Pu Songling
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio is commonly known in China as the Liao Zhao. Although the volume of stories was completed in 1679, it circulated in manuscript only until printed and published in 1740. Since then many editions have appeared in Chinese and many translations have been made into foreign languages. The dates of birth or death for Pu Songling are unknown, but it is known that he reached the lowest (or bachelor’s) degree before age twenty. In 1651, ten years or so after his graduation, he had not progressed to an advanced degree. While it is unfortunate he did not personally progress in his academic standing, it is fortunate he used the time he had to write the tales contained in Strange Stories. Despite his failures in the more advanced competitive examinations, Pu Songling left a cherished manuscript, which for more than 300 years has gained him an enduring place in Chinese literature.
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