Lu Xun

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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books
  • First Book:
    Selected Stories of Lu Xun (January 1972)
  • Latest Book:
    Jottings under Lamplight (September 2017)
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Books in Order: 10 titles

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  • Jottings under Lamplight

    Lu Xun (1881â€"1936) is widely considered the greatest writer of twentieth-century China. Although primarily known for his two slim volumes of short fiction, he was a prolific and inventive essayist. Jottings under Lamplight showcases Lu Xun’s vers...

  • Call to Arms

    Call to Arms is a collection of revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun’s most famous and most important short stories. Featuring “A Madman’s Diary,” a scathing attack of traditional Confucian civilization and “The True Story of Ah Q,” a poig...

  • The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China

    In the early twentieth century, as China came up against the realities of the modern world, Lu Xun effected a shift in Chinese letters away from the ornate, obsequious literature of the aristocrats to the plain, expressive literature of the masses. H...

  • Masterpieces of Modern Chinese Fiction 1919 - 1949

    In the thirty years from the literary revolution of 1919 to the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, China experienced a great flowering in literary creativity. The present selection comprises twenty-four outstanding short stories...

  • Selected Works Of Lu Hsun (Volume Four)

    This is volume four of a four volume set.

    This selection of Lu Hsun's works includes stories, prose poems, reminiscences, polemical writing and essays dealing with many aspects of life and letters. It compromises four volumes, the last three of w...

  • Selected Works Of Lu Hsun (Volume Three)

    This is volume three of a four volume set.

    This selection of Lu Hsun's works includes stories, prose poems, reminiscences, polemical writing and essays dealing with many aspects of life and letters. It compromises four volumes, the last three of ...

  • Selected Works Of Lu Hsun (Volume Two)

    This is volume two of a four volume set.

    This selection of Lu Hsun's works includes stories, prose poems, reminiscences, polemical writing and essays dealing with many aspects of life and letters. It compromises four volumes, the last three of wh...

  • The True Story of Ah Q

    Considered a masterpiece, this story was written in 1921, and is set in the China of 1911: the period of the old-democratic revolution. It concerns the tragedy of Ah Q, a farm laborer who suffers a lifetime of humiliation and persecution, dreams of r...

  • Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

    "Here at last is an accurate and enjoyable rendering of Lu Xun's fiction in an American English idiom that masterfully captures the sardonic wit, melancholy pathos, and ironic vision of China's first truly modern writer." -Michael S. Duke, Univers...



  • Selected Stories of Lu Xun

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lu Xun has published 10 books.

Lu Xun does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Jottings under Lamplight, was published in September 2017.

The first book by Lu Xun, Selected Stories of Lu Xun, was published in January 1972.

No. Lu Xun does not write books in series.
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