Strange Tales from Liaozhai - Vol. 6The weird and whimsical short stories in Strange Tales from Liaozhai show their author, Pu Songling (1640-1715), to be both an explorer of the macabre, like Edgar Allan Poe, and a moralist, like Aesop. In this first complete translation of the collection's 494 stories into English, readers will encounter supernatural creatures, natural disasters, magical aspects of Buddhist and Daoist spirituality, and a wide range of Chinese folklore. Annotations are provided to clarify unfamiliar references or cultural allusions, and introductory essays have been included to explain facets of Pu Songling's work and to provide context for some of the unique qualities of his uncanny tales. This is the sixth of 6 volumes. |
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... realize “that she wouldn't be able to do manual work and care for him at the same time, which became increasingly worrisome.” Even in the midst of the details that make his stories “strange,” the author acknowledges the very real ...
... realize that she wasn't human. He continued his relationship with her for a few months, and as his vigor gradually began to dwindle he started to feel increasingly more frightened, so he sent for a sorcerer to drive her away, but the ...
... realized this, Ma dispatched servants to take each of the items, one by one, back to where they came from, and admonished Huangying not to bring them back again. But before even ten days had elapsed, things from her household were once ...
... flower bed. Ma finally realized Fourth watch: The penultimate of the night's five two-hour divisions, from about 1:00-3:00 a.m. that the brother and sister were both chrysanthemum spirits, so Strange Tales from Liaozhai 2067.
... realized what he was doing, she chided him for it. Lang replied, “One can't describe it by just talking about entering tunnels or other gaps; but the happiness between a couple, something that everyone can experience, can't possibly be ...