Short Tales of the Ming & Qing

This is a collection of some of the most widely known short tales from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries. The collection comprises ghost stories, fabulous adventures and love stories. Full of fantasy, grotesqueness and complications, they expose the pungent side of the dark society of the feudal past. With elaborate plots and detailed, realistic descriptions, they fully demonstrate the grand creative imagination of ancient men of letters, and they are sure to provide readers with great aesthetic satisfaction.