Courtesans and Opium: Romantic Illusions of the Fool of Yangzhou

by Anonymous

Book Overview

In his preface, the anonymous author of Courtesans and Opium describes his book as an act of penance for thirty years spent patronizing the brothels of Yangzhou. Written in the 1840s, his story is filled with vice and dark consequence, portraying the hazards of the city's seedy underbelly and warning others against the example of the Fool.

Chinese literature's first true "city novel," Courtesans and Opium recounts the illustrious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231148232
• ISBN13: 9780231148238
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher