Social Vicissitudes

137 books

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Rating 3.8
I Am a Cat Natsume Sōseki Yilin Press · 2019 I Am a Cat is Natsume Soseki's first full-length novel and a classic of modern Japanese literature. In 1905 the novel began serialization in the magaz…
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Wild Dragons and Snakes Gao Yang Linking Publishing Company · 2022 Wild Dragons and Snakes is the seventh and final volume of Taiwanese historical novelist Gao Yang's "Dream of the Red Chamber Broken" series. Continui…
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The Peerless Cultivation Miracle Doctor Rib Generation II The Peerless Cultivation Miracle Doctor is a long web novel by the online author Second-Generation Spare Ribs, blending urban cultivation with the mir…
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Rating 3.0
The Salesman Boyd, Waldo T., 1918-2012 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 2.6
Tears in the Red Dust (Part Two) 忆泽 · 2026 My novel Red Dust with Tears is an autobiographical work drawn from real life. It uses no ornate language; through ordinary details of daily life, it …
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Rating 2.6
Tears in the Red Dust (Part One) 忆泽 · 2026 This novel, Tears in the Red Dust, is my autobiographical novel. Drawn from real life and written without ornate language, it records the stories unfo…
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Rating 3.8
The Wife and the Watermelon Xiao Hong · 2025 Through the interaction between a wealthy young lady and the porter who delivers watermelons, The Lady and the Watermelons delicately portrays the col…
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Rating 3.8
Thin Worldly Sentiments 史杰鹏 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2025 This book selects more than fifty essays and prose pieces by the author, mainly recollections of childhood. In calm strokes the author depicts the har…
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Rating 3.0
What Can Be Done About Heaven Gu Mingdao · 2025 Naihe Tian tells the bumpy story of an ambitious young man who, amid the turbulence of his times, finds himself unable to break through and sees his a…
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Rating 3.2
Regret for the Parting Flight (Part Two) Gu Mingdao · 2025 Under fate's cruel turns, some are left to part in sorrow, hearing the farewell song and helplessly going their separate ways; others endure the pain …
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Rating 3.7
Joy That Reaches Heaven 石成金 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2025 Tongtian Le (Joy That Reaches Heaven) is a collection of vernacular short stories of social life by Shi Chengjin of the Qing dynasty, drawn largely fr…
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Rating 2.5
Afterglow 陈学友 Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 Yu Hui centers on Niu Lijin, a prominent figure in Beiqiu County, tracing the changes in his life and inner struggles after retirement from officialdo…
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Rating 3.3
Twin Beauties of the Gobi (Episode One) Zheng Zhengyin · 2025 At Wuyuntai in Xinjiang, Zhu Tao's mountain ranch prospers. His daughters Jinwa and Yinwa are in fact stepdaughters brought by Ma Shi; their birth fat…
Regret at Parting (Part Two) cover
Rating 3.6
Regret at Parting (Part Two) Gu Mingdao · 2024 Under fate's cruel sport, some are left to part in helpless sorrow, listening to farewell songs with aching hearts; others endure the pain of tending …
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Rating 4.5
The Sufferings of the Inventor (Part I) Honoré de Balzac / Fu Lei · 2024 Written by the renowned French author Honoré de Balzac, The Troubles of an Inventor is one of the novels in his Illusions Lost trilogy, offering a pro…
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Rating 4.6
Cousin Pons (Part III) Honoré de Balzac / Fu Lei · 2024 Cousin Pons is a novel by the French realist writer Honoré de Balzac and the last work he completed in his lifetime. It tells the story of the title c…
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Rating 4.6
Cousin Pons (Part II) Honoré de Balzac / Fu Lei · 2024 Cousin Pons is a novel by the French realist writer Honoré de Balzac and the last work he completed in his lifetime. It tells the story of the title c…
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Rating 3.8
The Virginians IV W.M. Thackeray · 2024 The Virginians is a novel by Thackeray, unfolding its plot along two main narrative threads. By tracing the fates of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, it…
The Virginians II cover
Rating 3.8
The Virginians II W.M. Thackeray · 2024 The Virginians is a novel by Thackeray, with its plot unfolding along two main lines. By telling the fate of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, it present…
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Rating 4.5
The Sufferings of the Inventor (Part II) Honoré de Balzac / Fu Lei · 2024 *The Trials of an Inventor* is a novel by the celebrated French writer Honoré de Balzac and one of the three works in his *Illusions perdues* trilogy.…