Biography of Flowers on the Sea: 2 Volumes (Collection of Chinese Classical Novels: Illustrated Edition)

"Biographies of Shanghai Flowers", through the author's vivid writing, faithfully presents the brothels, officialdom and business circles, as well as the social life involved in these areas, and the multi-faceted activities of the abnormal society in the Shanghai Concession in the late Qing Dynasty to readers. It depicts human emotions and the world in a delicate and vivid way. Not only the structural technique of "interspersed hidden flashes" and the "plain and natural" realistic method of the novel can be used for reference, but its ability to depict characters and shape images is also worthy of praise. In addition to the full text of "Biography of Flowers on the Sea", this book also has an appendix with the author Han Bangqing's classical Chinese novel "Tai Xian Manuscript", information on the author's works and a brief explanation of the dialect, which is very helpful for understanding the work.