Diary of a Madman

Name: Diary of a Madman
Author: Lu Xun

by Lu Xun

Satirical story of a man driven mad by predatory society

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Lu Xun

The founding figure of modern Chinese literature, whose satirical stories and essays diagnosed the spiritual sickness of Chinese society with mordant precision. Diary of a Madman was the first major work in vernacular Chinese.

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