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About This Novel

I never really lived until I started living for myself! A milestone in modern Japanese literature, the pioneering work of romantic literature, and a history of spiritual change during the Enlightenment Period in modern Japan. A must-read masterpiece to understand Japanese literature! Ogai Ogai, a modern Japanese writer who is as famous as Natsume Soseki, is a Japanese writer that Lu Xun particularly loves, and has profoundly influenced literary masters such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Mishima Yukio and Dazai Osamu! The reason why "Dancing Girl" is a must-read in Reader's Classic Library! 1. Carefully select 8 masterpieces of Mori Ogai's short stories, including not only "Dancing Princess", the debut novel that made Mori Ogai famous in one fell swoop, but also "Goose", "Takase Fune" and other works that are regarded as classics in Japan. 2. The classic translation by Japanese translator Gao Huiqin strives for excellence in wording and sentence making, truly restoring Mori Ogai's language style. 3. Specially includes the translator's preface, providing an in-depth interpretation of Mori Ogai's creative career and understanding the story behind "Dancing Princess". Japanese young man Ohta fell in love with a dancing girl during his study tour in Germany. He longed for freedom and love, but did not have the courage to give up his originally smooth career. In his imprisoned life, Ota's self gradually awakens. How will he choose? In the history of human literature, "Maihime" by the representative Japanese writer Ogai Mori is full of self-establishment and exploration of the liberation of human nature. It can be called a history of spiritual change in modern Japan's Enlightenment period and is known as a milestone in modern Japanese literature.

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