Kai Lung’s Golden Hours is a frame story or frame novel, that is, the narrative provides a frame for different stories. Think One Thousand And One Nights or Canterbury Tales. Kai Lung is an ancient Chinese storyteller who tells stories to postpone his criminal conviction in the court of a Mandarin. (david wales)
Chapters
1 Preface by Hilaire Belloc 10 min 2 Chapter 1 The Encountering Of Six Within A Wood 18 min 3 Chap 2 The Inexorable Justice Of The Mandarin Shan Tien Part 1 28 min 4 Chap 2 The Inexorable Justice Of The Mandarin Shan Tien Part 2 27 min 5 Chap 3 The Degraded Persistence Of The Effete Ming-shu Part 1 33 min 6 Chap 3 The Degraded Persistence Of The Effete Ming-shu Part 2 32 min 7 Chap 4 The Inopportune Behaviour Of The Covetous Li-loe 19 min 8 Chap 5 The Timely Intervention Of The Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day Part 1 19 min 9 Chap 5 The Timely Intervention Of The Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day Part 2 24 min 10 Chap 6 The Highminded Strategy Of The Amiable Hwa-mei Part 1 19 min 11 Chap 6 The Highminded Strategy Of The Amiable Hwa-mei Part 2 22 min 12 Chap 7 Not Concerned With Any Particular Attribute Of Those Who Are Involved Part 1 23 min 13 Chap 7 Not Concerned With Any Particular Attribute Of Those Who Are Involved Part 2 23 min 14 Chap 8 The Timely Disputation Among Those Of An Inner Chamber Of Yu-ping Part 1 31 min 15 Chap 8 The Timely Disputation Among Those Of An Inner Chamber Of Yu-ping Part 2 34 min 16 Chap 9 The Propitious Dissension Between Two Who General Attributes Have Already Been Sufficiently Described Part 1 29 min 17 Chap 9 The Propitious Dissension Between Two Who General Attributes Have Already Been Sufficiently Described Part 2 34 min 18 Chap 10 The Incredible Obtuseness Of Those Who Had Opposed The Virtuous Kai Lung Part 1 34 min 19 Chap 10 The Incredible Obtuseness Of Those Who Had Opposed The Virtuous Kai Lung Part 2 35 min 20 Chap 11 Of Which It Is Written 'In Shallow Water Dragons Become The Laughing-stock Of Shrimp' 13 min 21 Chap 12 The Out-passing Into A State Of Assured Felicity Of The Much-Enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned Part 1 38 min 22 Chap 12 The Out-passing Into A State Of Assured Felicity Of The Much-Enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned Part 2 33 min
