White Gate Willow (Complete Three Volumes)

Author: Liu Sifen
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: "White Gate Willow" is a long novel written by the renowned author Liu Sifen over 16 years of dedicated effort. It tells the story of three of the famous courtesans from the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai" during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties—Liu Shi, Li Shiniang, and Dong Xiaowan—as well as the scholar Qian Qianyi, who fiercely struggle against the times and fate. The novel was awarded China's "Mao Dun Literature Prize."