The Painted Skin
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title:
The Painted Skin
text:
"The Painted Skin" is a short story by the Chinese writer Pu Songling collected in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio in 1740. Literary critics have recognised it as one of the best and best-known entries in Strange Tales; in particular, its textual detail and in-depth characterisation are lauded. "The Painted Skin" has also received numerous adaptations in popular media, especially in film. The story's original title has become a common phrase in Chinese vocabulary, "a synonym for duplicity th
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Short story by Pu Songling
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Painted_Skin
date created:
2008-09-28T14:33:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T16:58:09Z
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