Excerpt from The Islands of Adventure Once upon a time there was a Chinese novelist who spent all his working life in the writing of one story. He was a gentleman of independent fortune, so we have no reason to suppose him a fool. His heirs published his work in one hundred and two volumes. It has been read by at least three people, all of them imperial librarians, and is still highly respected in the Far East. It is a good story; indeed, it is hundreds of good stories; but as a monument to the conscientious scruples and ...
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Excerpt from The Islands of Adventure Once upon a time there was a Chinese novelist who spent all his working life in the writing of one story. He was a gentleman of independent fortune, so we have no reason to suppose him a fool. His heirs published his work in one hundred and two volumes. It has been read by at least three people, all of them imperial librarians, and is still highly respected in the Far East. It is a good story; indeed, it is hundreds of good stories; but as a monument to the conscientious scruples and energy of its author, rather than as a work of fiction, does it make its surest claim upon immortality. 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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