Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 94 Soulié de Morant, G. (Georges) 1878 1955 Soulie de Morant, G. (Georges) Morant, G. Soulié de (Georges Soulié) Soulié, Georges De Morant, G. Soulié (Georges Soulié) Soulié, Charles Georges Morant, Georges Soulié de Eastern Shame Girl Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Eastern shame girl -- The wedding of Ya-nei -- A strange destiny -- The error of the embroidered slipper -- The counterfeit old woman -- The monestery of the esteemed-lotus -- A complicated marriage. Produced by David Starner, Alicia Williams, Sandra Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Eastern Shame Girl" by G. Soulié de Morant is a historical novel first published in the early 20th century, drawing from classic Chinese literature of the 17th century. The narrative explores themes of love, sacrifice, and societal expectations through the tragic story of Li Chia and the alluring singing girl, Tu Shih-niang. Their relationship unfolds against a backdrop of cultural norms and familial pressures, illustrating the complexities of desire and loyalty. The opening portion of the novel introduces Li Chia, a young man of promise who travels to Peking for examinations but finds himself enamored with the celebrated singing girl Shih-niang. He is captivated by her beauty and sincerity, but their love is marred by financial struggles and familial obligations. As Li tries to secure enough money to buy Shih-niang's freedom from her life as a singing girl, their deep emotional bond is tested by societal expectations and personal insecurities. The stakes grow perilously high as time runs out, leading to a fateful turn of events that underscores the romantic tragedy at the heart of their story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Chinese literature -- Translations into English China -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Love stories, Chinese -- Translations into English PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 217722 217311 2024-10-05T16:09:21.143745 2023-10-06T04:05:19.022783 text/html text/html 214418 2020-12-14T16:53:49 text/html; charset=us-ascii 490608 2020-12-14T16:53:49 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 554644 2024-10-05T16:09:30.891230 application/epub+zip 555585 2024-10-05T16:09:24.810284 application/epub+zip 143638 2024-10-05T16:09:21.873750 application/epub+zip 3406190 2024-10-05T16:09:34.161186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3395158 2024-10-05T16:09:28.308216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235464 2022-08-06T13:06:31.492946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202908 202814 2024-10-05T16:09:20.158776 2023-10-06T04:05:18.269960 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 204421 2020-12-14T16:53:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77747 2020-12-14T16:53:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21052 2024-10-05T16:09:34.293181 application/rdf+xml 10842 2024-10-05T16:09:22.440739 image/jpeg 2755 2024-10-05T16:09:22.153734 image/jpeg 551392 2024-10-05T16:09:21.182789 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia