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Lin Yutang - lĭn yüˈtängˈ, 1895–1976, Chinese-American writer, translator, and editor, b. Lunqi, Fujian, educated in China and at Harvard, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1923. Lin spent most of his life in the United States and wrote most of his many works in English. His nonfictional books include My Country and My People (1935); A Leaf in the Storm (1941)

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With Love and Irony » Read Now
by Lin Yutang. 292 pgs.

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...WITH LOVE AND IRONY BOOKS BY LIN YUTANG Published by THE JOHN DAY COMPANY...PEKING WITH LOVE AND IRONY LIN YUTANG WITH LOVE AND IRONY Illustrated...1937, 1938, 1939, 1940...
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Moment in Peking: A Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life » Read Now
by Lin Yutang. 820 pgs.

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...-ii- MOMENT IN PEKING MOMENT IN PEKING A Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life by Lin Yutang THE JOHN DAY COMPANY NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1939, BY THE JOHN DAY COMPANY, INC. All...
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Imperial Peking: Seven Centuries of China » Read Now
by Lin Yutang. 232 pgs.

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The Vigil of a Nation » Read Now
by Lin Yutang. 262 pgs.

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...the book and particularly in the closing passage. -ii- LIN YUTANG The VIGIL OF A NATION ILLUSTRATED THE JOHN DAY...for me. There was a brand of pipe tobacco called Hwa Fo...
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Between Tears and Laughter » Read Now
by Lin Yutang. 218 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

...ELEANOR ROOSEVELT BOOKS BY LIN YUTANG Published by THE JOHN DAY COMPANY...BETWEEN TEARS AND LAUGHTER LIN YUTANG BETWEEN TEARS AND LAUGHTER...COMPANY NEW YORK COPYRIGHT...
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105 Greatest Living Authors Present the World's Best Stories, Humor, Drama, Biography, History, Essays, Poetry (1950) ("Lin Yutang" begins on p. 1059) » Read Now
by Whit Burnett. 1186 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...units 1044 CHINA LIN YUTANG: The End of Living Is Living Itself...William Faulkner U.S. 287 37. Lin Yutang Chi. 280 38. Maxwell Anderson...Malraux, Sherwood, Undset 9. Lin...
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Asia Askew: U. S. Best-Sellers on Asia, 1931-1980, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars ("Lin Yutang" begins on p. 10) » Read Now
by Daniel B. Ramsdell. 24 pgs.

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...above all the others. They are Pearl Buck, Lin Yutang, John Masters, James Michener, and James Clavell...of her earliest and most famous work. Lin Yutang With five books...
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Multicultural Writers from Antiquity to 1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook ("Lin Yutang" begins on p. 266) » Read Now
by Alba Amoia, Bettina L. Knapp. 497 pgs.

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This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries for more than 100 world writers from antiquity to 1945, who were significantly influenced by cultures other than their own. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a brief biography, a discussion of multicultural themes and...
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This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries for more than 100 world writers from antiquity to 1945, who were significantly influenced by cultures other than their own. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a brief biography, a discussion of multicultural themes and contexts, a summary of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The entries focus on the socio-historical circumstances that led to the author's exile, emigration, religious conversion, education, and travel or residence in a foreign country.
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