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  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 2 (of 2)

    by Songling Pu ...
    The Painted Skin: A story about a scholar who unknowingly marries a fox spirit disguised as a beautiful woman. The tale explores themes of deception, love, and the supernatural.The Magic Sword: This story revolves around a scholar who acquires a magical sword that gives him incredible power but also brings about unexpected consequences.The Taoist Priest of Lao Mountain: A Taoist priest encounters ... Read more

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  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

    by Songling Pu ...
    The Painted Skin: A story about a scholar who unknowingly marries a fox spirit disguised as a beautiful woman. The tale explores themes of deception, love, and the supernatural.The Magic Sword: This story revolves around a scholar who acquires a magical sword that gives him incredible power but also brings about unexpected consequences.The Taoist Priest of Lao Mountain: A Taoist priest encounters ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Qing Dynasty Ghosts, Fox Spirits, Folklore, and Supernatural Tales of Imperial China

    by Songling Pu, Celia Orwinley ...
    Translated by Herbert Allen Giles ...
    Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2) gathers Pu Songling's celebrated classical tales of ghosts, fox-spirits, demons, scholars, lovers, judges, and eccentrics. Written in elegant wenyan prose yet alive with anecdotal immediacy, these stories transform the zhiguai and chuanqi traditions into subtle moral, erotic, and social fictions. The supernatural is never mere ornament: it ... Read more

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  • Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

    by Pu Songling ...
    Translated by John Minford ...
    The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous incarnations, a woman out ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

    by Pu Songling ...
    Written during the early Qing Dynasty, "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" is a collection of nearly 500 mostly supernatural tales by Chinese author Pu Songling. The work, which was published posthumously sometime between 1740 and 1766, is comprised of stories varying in length. While the main characters of this book apparently are ghosts, foxes, immortals and demons, Pu Songling is more focused ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Strange Stories 11-20

    Strange Stories, #2

    by Pu Songling ...
    Series Book 2 - Strange Stories
    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 ... Read more

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  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

    A Collection of Mystical Tales and Ancient Legends

    by Songling Pu ...
    Translated by Herbert Allen Giles ...
    Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2) is a captivating collection of short stories by Songling Pu, which intertwines the supernatural with the mundane, reflecting the rich cultural tapestry of 17th-century China. Written in a delicate, lyrical style characteristic of the Qing dynasty literary tradition, these tales explore themes of love, fate, and the metaphysical, inviting ... Read more

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  • Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures

    by Songling Pu ...
    The stories are known for their imaginative plots and often feature ghosts, demons, Taoist priests, scholars, and ordinary people encountering extraordinary events. Some stories are humorous, while others are eerie or moralistic in nature. Pu Songling's storytelling skill lies in his ability to weave together the supernatural with the mundane, creating a rich tapestry of narratives that reflect ... Read more

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  • Wailing Ghosts

    by Pu Songling ...
    Translated by John Minford ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    '...revealing great shining fangs more than three inches long.'Some of the most macabre and wonderful of all Chinese stories, including 'The Golden Goblet', 'Scorched Moth the Daoist' and 'The Black Beast'Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 1 (of 2)

    by Songling Pu ...
    The novel follows the adventures of its main character, a young girl named Rona, who lives in New Zealand during the late 19th century. Rona is depicted as spirited and adventurous, eager to explore the rugged landscapes and unique challenges of her homeland.As Rona grows up, she faces various trials and tribulations that test her courage and determination. From navigating the wilderness to ... Read more

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  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

    by Songling Pu ...
    Translated by Herbert Allen Giles ...
    "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" (Volumes 1 and 2) by Songling Pu is a masterful collection of classical Chinese supernatural tales, written during the Qing Dynasty. Evoking an intricate tapestry of fantasy and reality, these stories encapsulate the essence of Chinese folklore through a blend of prose and poetic forms. Pu utilizes vivid imagery, rich symbolism, and an engaging narrative ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

    The classic collection of eerie and fantastic Chinese stories of the supernatural

    by Pu Songling ...
    Translated by Herbert A. Giles ...
    Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu in the eighteenth century.These tales of ghosts, magic, vampirism, and other things bizarre and fantastic are an excellent Chinese companion to Lafcadio Hearn's well-known collections of Japanese ghost ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD