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The Tribulations Of A Chinaman In China
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
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Release Date : 1879
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
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Release Date : 1880
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
Publisher: BookRix
Release Date : 2014-05-15
The Tribulations Of A Chinaman In China written by Jules Verne and has been published by BookRix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-15 with Fiction categories.
The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China: Illustrated, is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1879. The story is about a rich Chinese man, Kin-Fo, who is bored with life, and after some business misfortune decides to die. The book is a traditional adventure, similar in style to Around the World in Eighty Days, which is one of the author's more well-known books. However, it does contain more humour as well as criticism of topics such as the British opium trade in China. Kin-Fo, a well to do Chinese man living in Shang-Hai, is accused by his good friend Wang of not having had any discomforts in his life that would make him appreciate true happiness. When Kin-Fo, receives news that his fortune is lost, he arranges for an insurance policy to be taken out on his life that would cover his death, even by suicide; which he is planning on committing. When Kin-Fo can't bring himself to end his own life, he contracts Wang to do it, by even giving him a letter that will exonerate him of the deed.
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Release Date : 2014-10-13
Tribulations Of A Chinaman In China written by Jules Verne and has been published by Jazzybee Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-13 with Fiction categories.
Jules Verne has written, and Virginia Champlin translated, The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China, which is, as a matter of course, highly amusing and absurd. The scenes are laid in a country not often chosen in fiction, and the plan is as novel as it is preposterous. Nobody but this extravagant and irresponsible author would have been likely to have executed such a piece of work. To give the plot would be to spoil it: enough to say that the hero, Kin-fo, who is young, rich, handsome, and about to be married, is also tired of living, and after insuring his life for a hundred years at an immense sum, covering all risks, even of suicide, decides to kill himself that his betrothed and his friend Wang may have the money, but changing his mind agrees with the latter on assassination. Afterwards concluding that he will live, he hunts China over in search of Wang, who has disappeared, two of the company's agents going with him. Their adventures, in which a phonograph and Paul Boyton's armor have an important part, are the wildest conceivable, but all ends well, and Kin-fo, turned philosopher after his vicissitudes, sees that only those who know "how to appreciate life " are fit to live. Jules Verne has evidently "read up" China to good purpose, for there is a great amount of information, down to minute points of etiquette and ways of living, and the descriptions of Chinese matters, geographical, political, and social, are accurate and interesting.
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH KIN-FO BECOMES THE MOST CELEBRATED MAN IN THE CENTRAL EMPIRE. Still Wang could not be found; and Kin-Fo began to fume at being forced to inactivity, and at being unable to at least hasten in pursuit of the philosopher. But how could he have done this, since Wang had disappeared without a clew? This complication did not fail to disturb the principal agent of the Centenary. After thinking at first that it was not a serious matter, because Wang would not fulfil his promise (for even in eccentric America such mad projects would not be executed), he began to believe that nothing was impossible in the strange country called the Celestial Empire, and soon concluded, with Kin-Fo, that, if they could not find the philosopher, the latter would keep his word. His disappearance indicated on his part the intention of performing the fatal deed when his pupil least expected it, and to let it come upon him then like a thunderbolt, and to strike him to his heart with a sure, swift hand; then, after placing the letter on the victim's body, he would come, and quietly present himself at the office of the Centenary to claim his part of the policy. Wang, therefore, must be notified; but this could not be done directly. The Honorable William J. Bidulph was led to employ indirect means through the press. In a few days notices were sent to the Chinese newspapers, and telegrams to the foreign papers in both worlds. The "Tching-Pao," the official paper in Pekin, those in Chinese at Shang-hai and Hong-Kong, the journals of most extensive circulation in Europe and the two Americas, reproduced to satiety the following notice: -- "Mr. Wang of Shang-hai is begged to consider that the agreement made between Kin-Fo and himself, dated the 2d of May...
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-05-21
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Kin-Fo, a well to do Chinese man living in Shang-Hai, is accused by his good friend Wang of not having had any discomforts in his life that would make him appreciate true happiness. When Kin-Fo, receives news that his fortune is lost, he arranges for an insurance policy to be taken out on his life that would cover his death, even by suicide; which he is planning on committing. When Kin-Fo can't bring himself to end his own life, he contracts Wang to do it, by even giving him a letter that will exonerate him of the deed. Then Wang disappears and then Kin-Fo feels much discomfort, especially when he is informed that his fortunes are not lost. He travels around China, hoping to avoid being murdered before the contract expires. His discomfort increases when a note from Wang arrives saying that he regrets not being able to fulfill the contract, so he has turned it over to his old friend Lao-Shen, a notorious character.
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-07
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-09-11
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Kin-Fo, a well to do Chinese man living in Shang-Hai, is accused by his good friend Wang of not having had any discomforts in his life that would make him appreciate true happiness. When Kin-Fo, receives news that his fortune is lost, he arranges for an insurance policy to be taken out on his life that would cover his death, even by suicide; which he is planning on committing. When Kin-Fo can't bring himself to end his own life, he contracts Wang to do it, by even giving him a letter that will exonerate him of the deed. Then Wang disappears and then Kin-Fo feels much discomfort, especially when he is informed that his fortunes are not lost. He travels around China, hoping to avoid being murdered before the contract expires. His discomfort increases when a note from Wang arrives saying that he regrets not being able to fulfill the contract, so he has turned it over to his old friend Lao-Shen, a notorious character.We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our entire classical books are the original works. To ensure high quality products, all the titles are chosen carefully by our staff. We hope you enjoy this classic.
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
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Release Date : 2021-01-12
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Kin-Fo, a well to do Chinese man living in Shang-Hai, is accused by his good friend Wang of not having had any discomforts in his life that would make him appreciate true happiness. When Kin-Fo, receives news that his fortune is lost, he arranges for an insurance policy to be taken out on his life that would cover his death, even by suicide; which he is planning on committing. When Kin-Fo can't bring himself to end his own life, he contracts Wang to do it, by even giving him a letter that will exonerate him of the deed. Then Wang disappears and then Kin-Fo feels much discomfort, especially when he is informed that his fortunes are not lost. He travels around China, hoping to avoid being murdered before the contract expires. His discomfort increases when a note from Wang arrives saying that he regrets not being able to fulfill the contract, so he has turned it over to his old friend Lao-Shen, a notorious character.