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          PREFACE | 
        
        
          | 1 | 
          LIU    TS'UN-YAN: Introduction: "Middlebrow" in Perspective | 
        
        
          | 41  | 
          P'U    SUNG-LING: Marriage as Retribution (Translated by Chi-chen Wang) | 
        
        
          | 95  | 
          HAN PANG-CH'ING: Sing-song Girls of Shanghai (Translated    by Eileen Chang) | 
        
        
          | 111  | 
          STEPHEN    CHENG: Sing-song Girls of Shanghai and Its Narrative Methods | 
        
        
          | 137  | 
          TSENG    P'U: A Flower in a Sinful     Sea (Translated by    Rafe de Crespigny and 
            Liu Ts'un-yan) | 
        
        
          | 193  | 
          H.P.    TSENG: My Father's Literary Journey (Translated by Colin Modini) | 
        
        
          | 199  | 
          C.T.    HSIA: Hsü Chen-ya's Yü-li hun: An Essay in Literary History and Criticism | 
        
        
          | 241  | 
          PERRY    LINK: An Interview with Pao T'ien-hsiao | 
        
        
          | 255  | 
          CHANG    HEN-SHUI: Fate in Tears and Laughter (Translated by Sally Borthwick) | 
        
        
          | 289 | 
          LI PO-YÜAN: Modern Times or A Brief History of Enlightenment (Translated by Douglas Lancashire) | 
        
        
          | 341 | 
          WU WO-YAO: Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed in Two Decades (Translated by Shih Shun Liu) | 
        
        
          | 364 | 
          LIU TS'UN-YAN: Postscript | 
        
        
          | 368 | 
          Notes on Contributors | 
        
        
          | 370 | 
          Notes    on Illustrations | 
        
        
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