Project Gutenberg 2007-12-24 Public domain in the USA. 222 Guan, Hanqing 關漢卿 竇娥寃 Dou E Yuan Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Injustice_to_Dou_E Produced by Shi Ting Ling "竇娥冤" by 關漢卿 is a classic Chinese drama written in the 13th century. The narrative revolves around the tragic tale of a young woman named 竇娥, who endures immense suffering and injustice. The story explores themes of honor, familial duty, and the consequences of societal and personal betrayals, ultimately depicting the unfairness faced by women in a patriarchal society. The opening of this work introduces the character 竇天章, a scholar who has fallen into dire circumstances after the death of his wife. He is unable to repay a loan to Cai婆婆, who has suggested his daughter, now an orphan, marry her son. Amidst the tension over debts and proposals, 竇娥’s plight is foreshadowed as she is portrayed as a resilient young woman caught in a web of misfortune. The setting portrays a world rife with societal pressures, where characters navigate their fates amidst financial strain and the expectations of marriage, setting the stage for the ensuing tragedy of 竇娥 as her story unfolds in the subsequent acts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese drama (Tragedy) PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 85848 2025-06-10T06:00:41.062063 text/html 85669 2025-01-10T06:02:30.412481 text/html 93953 2025-06-10T06:00:45.166041 application/epub+zip 92878 2025-06-10T06:00:42.779039 application/epub+zip 92878 2025-06-10T06:00:41.629055 application/epub+zip 157378 2025-06-10T06:00:46.755053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150977 2025-06-10T06:00:44.521058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125480 2022-09-11T08:01:56.846689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73414 2025-06-10T06:00:40.823082 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 73335 2007-12-24T05:18:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 29186 2007-12-24T05:18:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17319 2025-06-10T06:00:46.882021 application/rdf+xml 8019 2025-06-10T06:00:42.168059 image/jpeg 2301 2025-06-10T06:00:41.898034 image/jpeg 91462 2025-06-10T06:00:41.069095 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog zh.wikipedia en.wikipedia