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Kai Lung’s Golden Hours is a frame story or frame novel, that is, the narrative provides a frame for different stories. Think One Thousand And One Nights or Canterbury Tales. Kai Lung is an ancient Chinese storyteller who tells stories to postpone his criminal conviction in the court of a Mandarin. (david wales)
- Chapters
- Preface by Hilaire Belloc
- Chapter 1 The Encountering Of Six Within A Wood
- Chap 2 The Inexorable Justice Of The Mandarin Shan Tien Part 1
- Chap 2 The Inexorable Justice Of The Mandarin Shan Tien Part 2
- Chap 3 The Degraded Persistence Of The Effete Ming-shu Part 1
- Chap 3 The Degraded Persistence Of The Effete Ming-shu Part 2
- Chap 4 The Inopportune Behaviour Of The Covetous Li-loe
- Chap 5 The Timely Intervention Of The Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day Part 1
- Chap 5 The Timely Intervention Of The Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day Part 2
- Chap 6 The Highminded Strategy Of The Amiable Hwa-mei Part 1
- Chap 6 The Highminded Strategy Of The Amiable Hwa-mei Part 2
- Chap 7 Not Concerned With Any Particular Attribute Of Those Who Are Involved Part 1
- Chap 7 Not Concerned With Any Particular Attribute Of Those Who Are Involved Part 2
- Chap 8 The Timely Disputation Among Those Of An Inner Chamber Of Yu-ping Part 1
- Chap 8 The Timely Disputation Among Those Of An Inner Chamber Of Yu-ping Part 2
- Chap 9 The Propitious Dissension Between Two Who General Attributes Have Already Been Sufficiently Described Part 1
- Chap 9 The Propitious Dissension Between Two Who General Attributes Have Already Been Sufficiently Described Part 2
- Chap 10 The Incredible Obtuseness Of Those Who Had Opposed The Virtuous Kai Lung Part 1
- Chap 10 The Incredible Obtuseness Of Those Who Had Opposed The Virtuous Kai Lung Part 2
- Chap 11 Of Which It Is Written 'In Shallow Water Dragons Become The Laughing-stock Of Shrimp'
- Chap 12 The Out-passing Into A State Of Assured Felicity Of The Much-Enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned Part 1
- Chap 12 The Out-passing Into A State Of Assured Felicity Of The Much-Enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned Part 2