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Description for Wailing Ghosts
Paperback. Includes Chinese stories, such as 'The Golden Goblet', 'Scorched Moth the Daoist' and 'The Black Beast.' Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 112 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
'...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 across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian ... Read more
'...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 across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Series
Penguin Little Black Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141398167
SKU
V9780141398167
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Pu Songling
Pu Songling (1645-1715) spent much of his life studying for, and failing, various exams in an attempt to secure a career in the Chinese civil service. He supported his family as a lowly private secretary and tutor in the household of a wealthy local family, and devoted his spare time to reading and writing, producing verse, essays, practical handbooks, ... Read more
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