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Young boy, taught by ancient maxims, is confused by modern trends in Peking.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- She Lao
- First published
- 1945
- Pages
- 232
- Publisher
- Nan hua shu ju, Shu Dian, Reynal & Hitchcock
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9788496964884
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First sentence
“我们所要介绍的是祥子，不是骆驼，因为“骆驼”是个外号；那么，我们就先说祥子，随手儿把骆驼与祥子那点关系说过去，也就算了。”
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