A Perennial Bestseller on Townsfolk Life As Amazing Tales-First Series by Ling Mengchu (1580=1644) made a hit, the publisher urged him to write a sequel to it. This gave rise to Amazing Tales-Second Series, which has become another bestseller for the.last few centuries. Our English version of the Second Series features 19 stories carefully chosen from the original 40. In fascinating plots and a highly expressive collo-quial language, they are mostly about womens fate ,their miser-able existence in a polygamous society, their daring struggle for genuine love, and their implications in legal cases. All these shed precious light on the social mosaic of seventeenth-century China.
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Introduction Tale 1 Scholar Quan Plots to Relate Himself to a Distant Aunt; Mother Bai Is Deceived in Marrying off Her Daughter Tale 2 Inquiring About a Lost Man in Courtesans'Quarters; Hearing Howls of Ghosts in the Saffron Garden Tale 3 Wang Xiangmin Loses His Son at the Lantern Festival; The Thirteenth Boy at Age Five Pays Respects to His Majesty Tale 4 General Li Claims a Brother-in -law by Mistake; Lady Liu Contacts Her Husband by Stealth Tale 5 Shen Binges with Thousands in Silver; Lord Wang Lays a One-night Trap Tale 6 Rash Young Men Startle Lovers; Clever Young Women Recognize Jade Toads Tale 7 Five Tigers Cunningly Plot a Family Dispute; Big Brother Mo Wisely Shatters a Sinister Scheme Tale 8 Lord Man Deserts His Benefactor Spouse; Jiao Wenji WEreaks Vengeance After Death Tale 9 Tale 10 Tale 11 Tale 12 Tale 13 Tale 14 Tale 15 Tale 16 Tale 17 Tale 18 Tale 19