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Wailing Ghosts

By Pu Songling
Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
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Wailing Ghosts by Pu Songling is a collection of atmospheric tales blending the supernatural with poignant human experiences. Within these stories, readers encounter a range of enigmatic spirits and eerie apparitions, reflecting the mysteries and moral lessons woven through Chinese folklore. Each tale offers a glimpse into a world where the boundaries between the living and the spiritual realms blur, creating a captivating narrative landscape.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you have a fascination with supernatural tales and ghostly encounters, as it is a collection of imaginative stories that blend the eerie with the mythical. This volume may appeal to you if you appreciate classic Chinese literature that explores the mystical and the unknown through an array of vivid and intriguing characters.

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Wailing Ghosts

Includes Chinese stories, such as 'The Golden Goblet', 'Scorched Moth the Daoist' and 'The Black Beast.'

These delightful miniature tales of macabre hauntings, monsters and magic tricks are Classical China's greatest stories.

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Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary

...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 steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141398167

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by John Minford

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 160.0mm

Weight: 53g

Pages: 64

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Pu Songling Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

About the Author

Pu Songling (1640-1715). Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is available in Penguin Classics.

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