Classic Late Qing Novel: Ten-tailed Turtle (6)
by Lu Shi'e
About This Novel
"Ten-Tailed Turtle" is a Qing Dynasty Zhanghui vernacular novel written by the late Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Shi'e. It describes the story of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. It was written in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911). The main existing versions include the Xinxin Novel Society edition published in the third year of Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty (1911), and the typesetting edition of "Chinese Ancient Rare Novels Series" published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in 1994. The book describes the glitzy life of the ten miles of old Shanghai: rich locals, foreign compradors, nouveau riche, foreign students, business owners, military and political officials, brokers, helpers, liars, ladies, aunts... Throwing many of these people into the turbulent vortex, it reveals the various social phenomena in the early days of opening up from isolation, which are still very relevant today.
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