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A English and Chinese collection of 11 essays by Lu Xun, the Father of the Modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun is arguably not the greatest writer of modern China but his passion to truly work toward the health of the nation, was to diagnose the nation as an author rather than a physician. He abandoned the study of medicine because he thought he could change society through his writings. Most of his short stories were written between 1918 and 1925; but he perfected his essay style in the 1930's, when he resided in Shanghai. Most of his essays are incorporated in the textbooks of elementary and high schools in China. These stories include “The New-Year Sacrifice”, “In the Tavern”, “A Happy Family”, “Soap”, “The Lamp That was Kept Alight”, “A Public Example”, “Master Gao”, “The Misanthrope”, “Regret For the Past”, “Brothers”, “The Divorce”. Each essay is presented in English and Chinese.

《彷徨》是鲁迅的一部短篇小说结集，收录了鲁迅在1924—1925年间所写的短篇小说十一篇，包括《祝福》《在酒楼上》《幸福大家庭》《高老夫子》《兄弟》《伤逝》等。作品以“表现得深切”、“格式的特别”开创了小说现代化的特征。鲁迅的伟大人格、深邃思想、强烈忧愤、崇高情怀、精湛艺术都凝聚其中。本书为英汉对照读物。