Kai Lung's Golden Hours

The story revolves around Kai Lung, a Chinese storyteller who recounts his life experiences to an unnamed listener. The narrative jumps back and forth in time, exploring Kai's early years, his rise to fame, and his later struggles. Throughout the book, Kai shares tales of love, loss, and adventure, weaving together a complex tapestry of his life story.

By Ernest Bramah · First published 1922 · Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Humor · 12 chapters

Contents

• The Encountering of Six within a Wood
• The Inexorable Justice of the Mandarin Shan Tien
• The Degraded Persistence of the Effete Ming-shu
• The Inopportune Behaviour of the Covetous Li-loe
• The Timely Intervention of the Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day
• The High-minded Strategy of the Amiable Hwa-mei
• Not Concerned with any Particular Attribute of Those who are Involved
• The Timely Disputation among Those of an Inner Chamber of Yu-ping
• The Propitious Dissension between Two whose General. Attributes have already been sufficiently Described
• The Incredible Obtuseness of Those who had Opposed the Virtuous Kai Lung
• Of Which it is Written: "In Shallow Water Dragons become the Laughing-stock of Shrimps"
• The Out-passing into a State of Assured Felicity of the Much-enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned

More by Ernest Bramah

• The Game Played in the Dark (1913)
• Max Carrados (1914)
• Max Carrados Mysteries (1927)
• The Coin of Dionysius (1913)
• Smothered in Corpses (1913)
• THE KNIGHT'S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEM (1922)
• THE TRAGEDY AT BROOKBEND COTTAGE (1897)
• THE LAST EXPLOIT OF HARRY THE ACTOR (1926)
• All works by Ernest Bramah