Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree
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Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree is a collection of fantasy
stories by Ernest Bramah
featuring Kai Lung
, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China
. It was first published in hardcover in London
by The Richards Press Ltd. in February 1940, and was reprinted in 1942, 1944, 1946, and 1951. The first American
edition was issued by Arno Press as a volume in its Lost Race and Adult Fantasy Fiction series in 1978.
The title is from Kai Lung's customary venue for telling his stories, sitting on his mat under a mulberry tree.
Although the collection is presented in the fashion of a novel, with each of its component stories designated chapters, there is no overall plot aside from the tales being presented as narratives told by Kai Lung at various points in his itinerant career.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
stories by Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah , born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author. He published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W.W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H.G. Wells and his...
featuring Kai Lung
Kai Lung
Kai Lung is a fictional character in a series of books by Ernest Bramah, consisting of The Wallet of Kai Lung , Kai Lung's Golden Hours , Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat , The Moon of Much Gladness , Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree , Kai Lung: Six and Kai Lung Raises His...
, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China
China
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. It was first published in hardcover in London
London
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by The Richards Press Ltd. in February 1940, and was reprinted in 1942, 1944, 1946, and 1951. The first American
United States
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edition was issued by Arno Press as a volume in its Lost Race and Adult Fantasy Fiction series in 1978.
The title is from Kai Lung's customary venue for telling his stories, sitting on his mat under a mulberry tree.
Although the collection is presented in the fashion of a novel, with each of its component stories designated chapters, there is no overall plot aside from the tales being presented as narratives told by Kai Lung at various points in his itinerant career.
Contents
- "The Story of Prince Ying, Virtuous Mei, and the Pursuit of Worthiness"
- "The Three Recorded Judgments of Prince Ying, from the Inscribed Scroll of Mou Tao, The Beggar"
- "The Ignoble Alliance of Lin T'sing with the Outlaw Fang Wang, and How It Affected the Destinies"
- "The Story of Yin Ho, Hoa-mi, and the Magician"
- "The Story of Ton Hi, Precious Gem and the Incospicuous Elephant"
- "The Story of Sam-tso, the Family Called Wong, and the Willing Buffalo"
- "The Story of Saho Chi, the No-longer Merchant Ng Hon, and the Docile Linnets"
- "The Story of the Poet Lao Ping, Chun Shin's Daughter Fa, and the Fighting Crickets"