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In The Wild Geese , prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dizzying social change accompanying the fall of the Meiji regime. The young heroine, Otama, is forced by poverty to become a moneylender's mistress. She... read more
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Suezo, a moneylender, is tired of life with his nagging wife, so he decides to take a mistress. Otama, the only child of a widower merchant, wishing to provide for her aging father, is forced by poverty to become the moneylender's mistress. When Otama learns the truth about Suezo, she feels... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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THIS STORY happened long ago, but by chance I remember that it occurred in 1880, the thirteenth year of Emperor Meiji's reign.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ōgai Mori (Author)
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- Kingo Ochiai (Translator)
- Sanford Goldstein (Translator)
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Original Language: Japanese
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Country: Japan
Publication Date: 1913
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Country: Japan
Publication Date: 1913
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- Dewey: 813
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