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The Embroidered Couch

By Lu Tiancheng, Lenny Hu. 2001

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Erotic fictionAsian history
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A book that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows, The Embroidered Couch is the first English translation of an erotic novel…

originally published in the early 17th century, attributed to Lu Tiancheng (b. 1580). Regarded as a notorious classic in Chinese literature, it has long been banned in China, and never been available in English.

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