二十年目睹之怪現狀 by Jianren Wu

"二十年目睹之怪現狀" by Jianren Wu is a novel serialized in the early 1900s and published in book form in 1909. Through a collection of anecdotes, the work chronicles strange events and happenings observed over twenty years. Originally appearing in Liang Qichao's magazine "New Fiction," the novel captures peculiar occurrences and social phenomena of late Qing China. Scholars have analyzed its distinctive plot structure, noting how Wu weaves together episodic stories to create a panoramic view of his era's oddities and anomalies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Wu, Jianren, 1866-1910
Title 二十年目睹之怪現狀
Alternate Title Er shi nian mu du zhi guai xian zhuang
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarre_Happenings_Eyewitnessed_over_Two_Decades
Credits Produced by Che-Wei Hsu
Language Chinese
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Subject Short stories, Chinese
Category Text
eBook-No. 24099
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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