Project Gutenberg 2008-05-19 Public domain in the USA. 149 Xu, Zhenya 1889 1937 徐枕亞 玉梨魂 Yu li hun Produced by Hung-yan Lin "玉梨魂" by Zhenya Xu is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the emotional struggles of its main character, Dream Xia, who is deeply attuned to the transient beauty of flowers, particularly the pear blossom, and sympathizes with the fragility of life and love. The narrative delves into themes of longing, sorrow, and poetic sensibility, reflecting the delicate interplay between nature and human emotion. The opening of the novel paints a vivid scene of Dream Xia mourning over the fallen pear blossoms while lamenting the fleeting nature of beauty and existence. As she gazes out the window, she contemplates the duality of life—how one flower thrives while another withers—paralleling her own feelings of melancholy and isolation. Dream Xia's deep appreciation for these flowers leads her to engage in an emotional ritual of collecting and burying the petals, symbolizing her connection to their fate. The narrative introduces readers to her poetic spirit and showcases her struggles with unrequited love, setting the tone for a tale rich in emotional depth and artistic expression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- 20th century PL Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 355729 355679 2024-09-11T05:30:27.925708 2023-09-11T08:55:06.697408 text/html text/html 355722 355672 2024-09-11T05:30:28.108742 2023-09-11T08:55:06.829421 text/html text/html 207207 2024-09-11T05:30:31.959686 application/epub+zip 210048 2024-09-11T05:30:29.305684 application/epub+zip 210048 2024-09-11T05:30:28.567691 application/epub+zip 403119 2024-09-11T05:30:33.954715 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393644 2024-09-11T05:30:31.479699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394097 2022-09-12T04:35:40.749716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342336 2024-09-11T05:30:27.679696 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 342257 2008-05-19T15:18:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 167980 2008-05-19T15:18:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 16597 2024-09-11T05:30:34.082664 application/rdf+xml 8450 2024-09-11T05:30:28.897700 image/jpeg 2445 2024-09-11T05:30:28.729692 image/jpeg 204747 2024-09-11T05:30:28.139706 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