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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei (Volume One: The Gathering)

By: David Tod Roy - translator
Narrated by: George Backman
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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. Asian Classics Historical Fiction Literary History & Criticism World Literature Fiction China Ancient History

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Brilliant translation and narration. Have purchased volume 1 & volume 2, looking forward to purchase the rest three books — volume 3,4,5. I believe many people are willing to purchase the all five books ,not just two.

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I heard about this book from notes in "Journey to the West" and decided to give it a try. Wrong decision. Story is slow and awfully boring. There's a poem that testifies to this..

A borring classic

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