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Classical Fiction · LT603
Vernacular Stories
Vernacular storytellers' prompt-books reflecting urban culture and morals.
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A professional storyteller addresses a gathering at an urban teahouse booth beside a wooden story board.
- Stories to Caution the WorldThrough the voice of the marketplace storyteller, it lays bare human nature and the ways of the world, to warn and awaken its readers.
- Slapping the Table in Amazement, First CollectionWithin the everyday world before our eyes and ears, there is much that is strange beyond ordinary reckoning.