Project Gutenberg 2011-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 328 Pu, Songling 1640 1715 Xi, Zhousheng Hsi, Chou-sheng 蒲松齡 Soulié de Morant, G. (Georges) 1878 1955 Soulie de Morant, G. (Georges) Morant, G. Soulié de (Georges Soulié) Soulié, Georges De Morant, G. Soulié (Georges Soulié) Soulié, Charles Georges Morant, Georges Soulié de Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio The ghost in love -- The fresco -- The dwarf hunters -- The corpse of the blood-drinker -- Love rewarded -- The woman in green -- The fault and its consequences -- Deceiving shadows -- Peaceful-light -- Hong the currier -- Autumn-moon -- The princess Nelumbo -- The two brothers -- The marble arch -- The dutiful son -- Through many lives -- The river of sorrows -- The mysterious island -- The spirit of the river -- The devils-of-the-ocean -- Unknown devils -- Childless -- The patch of lamb's skin -- Love's-slave -- The laughing ghost. David Starner, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures" by Songling Pu is a collection of short stories written in the late 18th century. This work showcases a selection of fantastical tales rooted in Chinese folklore and cultural beliefs, often exploring themes of love, the supernatural, and the afterlife. The stories feature various characters, including scholars, magicians, ghosts, and deities, creating rich narratives that reflect the complexities of human emotions and the mysteries of existence. At the start of the collection, the opening tale, "The Ghost in Love," introduces Li The-peaceful, a young scholar who becomes enchanted by a mysterious woman named Double-peony during a lantern festival. As their relationship unfolds, dark secrets emerge about her true nature, leading to a chilling revelation about her connection to the world of spirits and mortality. This opening vignette sets a haunting tone for the stories to come, merging the themes of love and the supernatural while highlighting the unique cultural attitudes towards life and death that permeate the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Ghost stories, Chinese Chinese fiction -- Translations into English PL Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 181600 2025-06-15T11:13:06.187394 text/html 182872 2021-02-22T17:00:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 65339 2021-02-22T17:04:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 145668 2025-06-15T11:13:13.675387 application/epub+zip 146032 2025-06-15T11:13:09.682380 application/epub+zip 142106 2025-06-15T11:13:08.287414 application/epub+zip 337403 2025-06-15T11:13:16.762336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310788 2025-06-15T11:13:12.838374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278493 2022-09-17T09:43:13.285752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159624 2025-06-15T11:13:05.647400 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159570 2021-02-22T17:03:07 text/plain; charset=utf-8 60757 2021-02-22T17:03:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20689 2025-06-15T11:13:16.918338 application/rdf+xml 17947 2025-06-15T11:13:08.850385 image/jpeg 4008 2025-06-15T11:13:08.570372 image/jpeg 137712 2025-06-15T11:13:06.209398 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia