"Ten miles of oriole and flower dream"

Author: Fu Yunsheng
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Publish Date: 1997-03-01
Features: This series of Saturday novels were all written in the 1920s or 1930s and reflect the realities of that era. The selected authors are representative and renowned, and the chosen novels are influential and iconic. Like a mirror of history, readers can not only appreciate the many eccentric characters and intricate stories of that time but also gain vivid, lifelike insights into the era—knowledge that cannot be learned from social, cultural, economic, or folk history. Old Shanghai, known as the "Ten-Mile Ocean," was prosperous and dazzling, a gathering place for the most beautiful women. A group of wealthy young men, merchants, idle directors, reporters, and editors spent their days immersed in the soft hands, rosy cheeks, fragrant shoulders, and tender breasts of these women. They held private performances, went for tea gatherings, attended grand rooms, watched opera, and fawned over celebrities, stirring the "Ten-Mile Ocean" into a frenzy. With a light and delicate touch, the author portrays the diverse characters and bizarre phenomena of the "Ten-Mile Ocean."