Author: Paul ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Chinese Love Pavilion, Etc
Author: Paul ScottThe Chinese Love Pavilion
Author: Paul ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Peach Blossom Pavilion
Author: Mingmei YipPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007570139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Torn from her family. Destined to become the most desired courtesan in China. A seductive and evocative debut that opens the doors on life as a Chinese courtesan in the Peach Blossom Pavilion...
Peony in Love
Author: Lisa SeePublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408811790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Peony has neither seen nor spoken to any man other than her father, a wealthy Chinese nobleman. Nor has she ever ventured outside the cloistered women's quarters of the family villa. As her sixteenth birthday approaches she finds herself betrothed to a man she does not know, but Peony has dreams of her own. Her father engages a theatrical troupe to perform scenes from The Peony Pavilion, a Chinese epic opera, in their garden amidst the scent of ginger, green tea and jasmine. 'Unmarried girls should not be seen in public,' says Peony's mother, but her father allows the women to watch from behind a screen. Here, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man and is immediately bewitched. So begins her unforgettable journey of love, desire, sorrow and redemption.
Paul Scott
Author: V.R. BadigerPublisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN: 9788171564477
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This Is A Critical Study On Paul Scott S Novels. It Explores In Depth The Novelist S Private Art Of Writing The Novel As An Image, Symbol Or An Extended Metaphor As Well As The Intricate Textural Relationship Between His Art Of Fiction And Vision Of Life.
Pavilion of Women
Author: Pearl S. BuckPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453263500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
A “vivid and extremely interesting” novel of an upper-class Chinese wife’s quest for freedom, from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth (The New Yorker). At forty, Madame Wu is beautiful and much respected as the wife of one of China’s oldest upper-class houses. Her birthday wish is to find a young concubine for her husband and to move to separate quarters, starting a new chapter of her life. When her wish is granted, she finds herself at leisure, no longer consumed by running a sixty-person household. Now she’s free to read books previously forbidden her, to learn English, and to discover her own mind. The family in the compound are shocked at the results, especially when she begins learning from a progressive, excommunicated Catholic priest. In its depiction of life in the compound, Pavilion of Women includes some of Buck’s most enchanting writing about the seasons, daily rhythms, and customs of women in China. It is a delightful parable about the sexes, and of the profound and transformative effects of free thought. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Miser's Daughter, Etc
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Malaysia
Author: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Author: Yukio MishimaPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099285673
Category : Arson
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Bringing together Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religious life and the history of Japan, this novel is based on an actual incident, the burning of a celebrated temple. The novel is a meditation on the state of Japan in the post-war period.