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These remarkable tales rank among the first works of fiction published by a Chinese-American author. The daughter of an English shipping merchant and his Chinese wife, Edith Maude Eaton grew up in Canada and settled in the United States. She pursued a career in journalism under... Read Full Overview

Among the first works of fiction in English by a North American writer of Asian descent, the stories collected in Mrs. Spring Fragrancepresent a complex and sympathetic picture of life in American Chinese communities in the early twentieth century. Far's seemingly simple stories... Read Full Overview

Gottfried Keller: Kleider machen Leute Entstanden zwischen 1859 und 1873. Erstdruck: Stuttgart (G schen) 1874. Vollst ndige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Gottfried Keller: S mtliche Werke... Read Full Overview

Mrs. Spring Fragrance (1912) is a collection of short stories by Sui Sin Far. Inspired by her experience living among Chinese Americans in San Francisco and Seattle, Mrs. Spring Fragrance is considered one of the earliest works of fiction published in the United... Read Full Overview

This novel, by Gottfried Keller, is part of the Bristol Classical Press German Texts series. The series is designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing A Level and undergraduate market for texts in the German language. Each text comes with English notes and vocabulary, and... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Der Schneidergesellen Wenzel Strapinski ist arm, aber ja immerhin Schneider. Also achtet er auf vornehme Kleidung und begibt sich mit dieser in eine fremde Stadt, wo er f?r einen polnischen Grafen gehalten wird. Vor lauter Introvertiertheit traut er sich nicht, die Verwechslung... Read Full Overview

hen Mrs. Spring Fragrance first arrived in Seattle, she was unacquainted with even one word of the American language. Five years later her husband, speaking of her, said: "There are no more American words for her learning." And everyone who knew Mrs. Spring Fragrance agreed with... Read Full Overview

""Kleider machen Leute"" ist ein Roman von Gottfried Keller, der erstmals 1900 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte handelt von einem Schneider namens Wenzel Strapinski, der in ein kleines Schweizer Dorf kommt und versehentlich f�����r... Read Full Overview

Mrs. Spring Fragrance is a collection of short stories written by Far, Sui Sin and published in 1912. The book is a fascinating portrayal of the lives of Chinese immigrants in America during the early 20th century. It is a collection of 15 stories that provide a glimpse into... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview