初刻拍案惊奇

by 凌濛初 (明)

The First Moment of Surprises has taken a significant position in history of ancient Chinese novels. With active language and graceful words, the book indicates that Chinese vernacular Chinese novels have entered into a new period from a cultural tradition and folklore to Literati writing.

443 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1628

About the author

凌濛初（1580年－1644年），字玄房，號初成，別號即空觀主人。明代浙江烏程（今吳興區織里鎮晟舍）人，文學家、小說家。其著作《初刻拍案驚奇》與《二刻拍案驚奇》与馮夢龍所著《古今小说》（喻世明言）、《警世通言》、《醒世恒言》合稱「三言两拍」是中国古典短篇小说的代表...

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