Chinese Cinderella & A Tragic Tale of Jealousy From Beyond the Grave Kindle Edition

Chinese Cinderella and A Tragic Tale of Jealousy From Beyond the Grave are two opposite stories translated directly from Mandarin Chinese into English. One characteristic they share is that they function as a “Rosetta Stone” rather than a simple translation. If both tales are studied patiently, the reader can expand their knowledge of the languages in which the work is published. You can choose to read it in either traditional or simplified Chinese. The full pinyin is also available in this volume. You won’t have to look up the meanings of key vocabulary as they are already included, saving you the trouble of doing it yourself. If you are a Chinese reader who wishes to read an English text but are unsure if you’ll understand it, you can rest assured that you’ll be able to read it in its entirety. This is because both languages are displayed on each page, and you only need to compare them.Regarding the content of the stories, the text describes a version of the Cinderella fairytale that is older than the Slavic and Germanic versions but is still largely unknown in the West. It is a short story consisting of 1486 Chinese characters. It is here where the question is thrown to the reader because of the similarities you will find after reading it: what is the true origin of this famous tale? The second story is 12,943 characters long and narrates the tale of a young scholar who gets his wish fulfilled to marry a seemingly “perfect” young woman. However, the woman conceals a dreadful secret that will make your hair stand on end. This tale shows us the consequences of being dragged by a feeling that, regardless of the time or race we belong to, we have all ever harbored in our hearts: the famous jealousy. Read more