Download or read book My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Classic Reprint written by Elizabeth Cooper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard A writer on things Chinese was asked why one found so little writing upon the subject of the women of China. He stopped, looked puzzled for a moment, then said, The women of China! One never hears about them. I believe no one ever thinks about them, except perhaps that they are the mothers of the Chinese men! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard written by Elizabeth Cooper and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Cooper's novel 'My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard' offers a captivating glimpse into the life of a Western woman living in a Chinese household during the early 20th century. Through vivid prose and intricate character development, Cooper skillfully weaves a story of cultural clash, power dynamics, and personal growth. The book serves as a valuable commentary on the complexities of cross-cultural relationships and the challenges faced by individuals straddling two worlds. Cooper's attention to detail and historical accuracy provide readers with a rich and immersive reading experience that sheds light on a lesser-known aspect of history. 'My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard' is a unique blend of fiction and cultural exploration that will appeal to readers interested in historical fiction and East-West relations.
Download or read book My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard written by Elizabeth Cooper and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard by Elizabeth Cooper A writer on things Chinese was asked why one found so little writingupon the subject of the women of China. He stopped, looked puzzledfor a moment, then said, "The woman of China! One never hears aboutthem. I believe no one ever thinks about them, except perhaps thatthey are the mothers of the Chinese men!"Such is the usual attitude taken in regard to the woman of the floweryRepublic. She is practically unknown, she hides herself behind herhusband and her sons, yet, because of that filial piety, that almostreligious veneration in which all men of Eastern races hold theirparents, she really exerts an untold influence upon the deeds of themen of her race.Less is known about Chinese women than about any other women ofOriental lands. Their home life is a sealed book to the average personvisiting China. Books about China deal mainly with the lower-classChinese, as it is chiefly with that class that the average visitor ormissionary comes into contact. The tourists see only the cooliewoman bearing burdens in the street, trotting along with a couple ofheavy baskets swung from her shoulders, or they stop to stare at theneatly dressed mothers sitting on their low stools in the narrowalleyways, patching clothing or fondling their children. They see andhear the boat-women, the women who have the most freedom of anyin all China, as they weave their sampans in and out of the crowdedtraffic on the canals. These same tourists visit the tea-houses andsee the gaily dressed "sing-song" girls, or catch a glimpse of agaudily painted face, as a lady is hurried along in her sedan-chair, carried on the shoulders of her chanting bearers. But the real Chinesewoman, with her hopes, her fears, her romances, her children, and herreligion, is still undiscovered.I hope that this book, based on letters shown me many years afterthey were written, will give a faint idea of the life of a Chinese lady.The story is told in two series of letters conceived to be written byKwei-li, the wife of a very high Chinese official, to her husband whenhe accompanied his master, Prince Chung, on his trip around theworld.She was the daughter of a viceroy of Chih-li, a man most advanced forhis time, who was one of the forerunners of the present educationalmovement in China, a movement which has caused her youth to riseand demand Western methods and Western enterprise in place of theobsolete traditions and customs of their ancestors. To show his beliefin the new spirit that was breaking over his country, he educated hisdaughter along with his sons. She was given as tutor Ling-Wing-pu, afamous poet of his province, who doubtless taught her the imageryand beauty of expression which is so truly Eastern.Within the beautiful ancestral home of her husband, high on themountains-side outside of the city of Su-Chau, she lived the quite, sequestered life of the high-class Chinese woman, attending to thehousehold duties, which are not light in these patriarchal homes, where an incredible number of people live under the same rooftree.... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience
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