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The Classic Chinese Novel: A Critical Introduction
by Hsia, C.T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/Fair. Dust jacket shows a lot of wear, rips, chipping. Book is generally clean and tight, though with owner's sticker on fep
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1968. Hardcover. VG-/Fair. Dust jacket shows a lot of wear, rips, chipping. Book is generally clean and tight, though with owner's sticker on fep and a few pen marks in margins.. Lilac cloth with red title block/gilt lettering on spine. Black and white dust jacket with purple characters, white lettering. xi; 413 pp. No illustrations. "By scholarly consensus the six titles most representative of the strength and diversity of the classic Chinese novel are: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin (or All Men Are Brothers), Journey to the West (or Monkey), Chin P'ing Mei (or The Golden Lotus), The Scholars, and Dream of the Red Chamber...C.T. Hsia here studies in depth these six landmarks of Chinese fiction." -- dj flap.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167787
- Title
- The Classic Chinese Novel: A Critical Introduction
- Author
- Hsia, C.T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/Fair. Dust jacket shows a lot of wear, rips, chipping. Book is generally clean and tight, though with owner's sticker on fep
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old; Chinese Novels ; Chinese Novels ; ;
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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