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Essay Archive - Summary of "The Death of Woman Wang" and "The Classic Slum"
Summary of "The Death of Woman Wang" and "The Classic Slum"
The book, The Death of Woman Wang is set in a corner of
northeast China during the seventeenth century, in a country called T'an-
ch'eng. This book focuses on average people of China community. The
farmers, their wives, and other non educated people. The book was first
published in America in 1978 by Jonathan D. Spence, who also wrote Emperor
of China. This book was compiled from three sources. The first is the
Local History of T'a-nch'eng, compiled in 1973, it told of the country's
history, location and topography. The sec....
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