Outlaws of the Marsh (Chinese Classics 4-Volume Boxed Set) [BOX SET] - (WF05)

Outlaws of the Marsh (Chinese Classics 4-Volume Boxed Set) [BOX SET] : Author: Shi Nai'AN Publisher:Foreign Languages Press Date published:2001-01-01 Edition: Format:Paperback Number of pages:2149 Synopsis: A great classic of Chinese literature, also known as Water Margin and All Men are Brothers, this is an exciting account of the adventures of a bold brigand army, like Robin Hood and hismerry men, battling against tyrannical rulers. Book Review: China's great classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh, written in the fourteenth century, is a fictional account of twelfth-century events during the Song Dynasty. One by one, over a hundred men and women are forced by theharsh feudal officialdom to take to the hills. They band together and defeat every attempt of the government troops to crush them. Within this framework we find intrigue, adventure, murder, warfare, romance ... in a connected series offascinating individual tales, told in the suspenseful manner of the traditional storyteller.