The Legend of the White Snake
Features:
- simplified characters
- simple language
- entertaining story
- cultural immersion
- vocabulary in context
- grammar in context
- aligned English and Chinese texts
- illustrations
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The Legend of the White Snake is a beautiful and moving folktale. It tells how the fairy maiden Bai Shuzhen struggles against the cruel monk Fa Hai in her pursuit of freedom and happiness.
The legend originally goes back to the Song dynasty (960-1279) but since then the story underwent a series of
transformations. The current version is retold by Zhao Qingge in a form of a novel.
This book is part of our popular bilingual series designed to help the learner to
go beyond the drills of language instructional material and get acquainted with the
culture of China. The Chinese and English versions are conveniently aligned side by side
providing a constant support for the reader.
By coming across vocabulary and grammatical patterns in real context
makes the learning experience efficient and entertaining. Thus this book is an ideal
tool for study for anyone who is interested in going beyond the common practice of
learning language through mere memorization.
Other Chinese-English bilingual books:
Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
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