Excerpt from The Eternal Priestess: A Novel of China Manners One of the people living in these pages have any existence in flesh and blood. They are real only in as far as they are essential parts of a picture painted to portray facts - that is, the impact of East upon West, the disarray which collisions bring, and the ensuing irony. This book is, therefore, a synthesis - not a theorem or a caricature. It is too serious to be either of the latter. It should be read only by people with a sense of humour. About the ...
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Excerpt from The Eternal Priestess: A Novel of China Manners One of the people living in these pages have any existence in flesh and blood. They are real only in as far as they are essential parts of a picture painted to portray facts - that is, the impact of East upon West, the disarray which collisions bring, and the ensuing irony. This book is, therefore, a synthesis - not a theorem or a caricature. It is too serious to be either of the latter. It should be read only by people with a sense of humour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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