Pearl Earrings (famous Literary Classics)
by Hu Yepin
About This Novel
A selection of Hu Yepin's short stories include "Pearl Earrings", "Parents", "Snow-White Parrots", "Fighting" and "A Village". The Pearl chapter is about the concubine of a rich gentleman's family who lost her earrings. Before going to bed at night, they discovered that the pendant was missing, and the whole family went out to help his wife find the pearl pendant. Finally, the youngest and helpless boy was arrested and sent outside to be beaten. The master, his wife and all the concubines were very satisfied with this ending. The parents' chapter tells the story of the protagonist being laid off. The parrot chapter is about a parrot that is used to being kept at home and refuses to fly away no matter what. The two chapters, Fighting with Arms and A Village, are very miserable. They are the two heaviest chapters in the entire collection. They were born in an era when wars are raging and safety is worth ten thousand dollars. You have no control over your own destiny. Life and death are random. Sometimes it's a village, sometimes a village is missing. The wheel of life continues. The complete collection is arranged in a progressive manner. Life has its bitterness and sweetness, and more often than not, the bitterness is overwhelming.
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