Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Ernest Bramah
Play
Length 9 h 36 min
Chapters 21
First published 1922
Kai Lung’s Golden Hours is a frame story or frame novel, that is, the narrative provides a frame for different stories. Think One Thousand And One Nights or Canterbury Tales. Kai Lung is an ancient Chinese storyteller who tells stories to postpone his criminal conviction in the court of a Mandarin. (david wales)
Chapters
1
Preface by Hilaire Belloc Read by David Wales 9:41
2
Chap 2 The Inexorable Justice Of The Mandarin Shan Tien Part 1 Read by David Wales 27:49
3
Chap 2 The Inexorable Justice Of The Mandarin Shan Tien Part 2 Read by David Wales 26:35
4
Chap 3 The Degraded Persistence Of The Effete Ming-shu Part 1 Read by David Wales 33:18
5
Chap 3 The Degraded Persistence Of The Effete Ming-shu Part 2 Read by David Wales 32:01
6
Chap 4 The Inopportune Behaviour Of The Covetous Li-loe Read by David Wales 19:27
7
Chap 5 The Timely Intervention Of The Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day Part 1 Read by David Wales 19:21
8
Chap 5 The Timely Intervention Of The Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day Part 2 Read by David Wales 23:57
9
Chap 6 The Highminded Strategy Of The Amiable Hwa-mei Part 1 Read by David Wales 18:56
10
Chap 6 The Highminded Strategy Of The Amiable Hwa-mei Part 2 Read by David Wales 21:43
11
Chap 7 Not Concerned With Any Particular Attribute Of Those Who Are Involved Part 1 Read by David Wales 23:13
12
Chap 7 Not Concerned With Any Particular Attribute Of Those Who Are Involved Part 2 Read by David Wales 22:37
13
Chap 8 The Timely Disputation Among Those Of An Inner Chamber Of Yu-ping Part 1 Read by David Wales 30:36
14
Chap 8 The Timely Disputation Among Those Of An Inner Chamber Of Yu-ping Part 2 Read by David Wales 33:42
15
Chap 9 The Propitious Dissension Between Two Who General Attributes Have Already Been Sufficiently Described Part 1 Read by David Wales 28:32
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Chap 9 The Propitious Dissension Between Two Who General Attributes Have Already Been Sufficiently Described Part 2 Read by David Wales 33:56
17
Chap 10 The Incredible Obtuseness Of Those Who Had Opposed The Virtuous Kai Lung Part 1 Read by David Wales 34:28
18
Chap 10 The Incredible Obtuseness Of Those Who Had Opposed The Virtuous Kai Lung Part 2 Read by David Wales 34:34
19
Chap 11 Of Which It Is Written 'In Shallow Water Dragons Become The Laughing-stock Of Shrimp' Read by David Wales 12:34
20
Chap 12 The Out-passing Into A State Of Assured Felicity Of The Much-Enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned Part 1 Read by David Wales 37:50
21
Chap 12 The Out-passing Into A State Of Assured Felicity Of The Much-Enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned Part 2 Read by David Wales 32:56
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