阿Q正傳 (The True Story of Ah Q)

Xun Lu (1881 - 1936)

The True Story of Ah Q (simplified Chinese: 阿Q正传; traditional Chinese: 阿Q正傳) is an episodic novella written by Lu Xun, first published as a serial between December 4, 1921 and February 12, 1922. It was later placed in his first short story collection Call to Arms (吶喊, Nahan) in 1923 and is the longest of the stories in the collection. The piece is generally held to be a masterpiece of modern Chinese literature, since it is considered the first piece of work fully to use Vernacular Chinese after the 1919 May 4th Movement in China.

It was first published in the Beijing Morning News supplement as a serial. Originally Lu Xun wrote the story under the name "Ba Ren" ("crude fellow"), and so originally few people knew who wrote Ah Q. The first installment was published on December 4, 1921, and additional installments appeared weekly and/or fortnightly. The final installment was published on February 12, 1922. The story had nine chapters. (Summary from Wikipedia.)

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Language: Chinese

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1 Vivienne Wong
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Play 02 Chapter 2 Vivienne Wong
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Play 03 Chapter 3 Vivienne Wong
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Play 04 Chapter 4 Vivienne Wong
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Play 05 Chapter 5 Vivienne Wong
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Play 06 Chapter 6 Vivienne Wong
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Play 07 Chapter 7 Vivienne Wong
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Play 08 Chapter 8 Vivienne Wong
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Play 09 Chapter 9 Vivienne Wong
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