Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry-Tree
core collection 1940 Kai Lung
Record
| First published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (20 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 320 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9788382008715 |
| First-edition date | 1940-02 |
| First-edition publisher | The Richards Press |
| First-edition country | United Kingdom |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry-Tree concludes the series of collections centered on the itinerant storyteller Kai Lung, gathering a further set of tales told in the same ornate, mock-classical prose style that defines the earlier volumes. As with its predecessors, the collection has no single continuous plot, instead framing its individual stories through Kai Lung's ongoing travels and the circumstances, whether patronage, curiosity, or coercion, that lead him to recount them. The tales continue the series' blend of wit, moral fable, and affectionate parody of traditional Chinese storytelling conventions, bringing the loosely connected cycle of Kai Lung's adventures as a wandering storyteller to its close.
Where it sits
- Universe: Kai Lung
- Series: The Kai Lung Stories core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ernest Bramah
Notes
- Title corrected 2026-10-13: listed since admission as 'Kai Lung Beneath the Yellow Robe', a title that does not exist; the 1940 collection is Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry-Tree (The Richards Press, February 1940; first U.S. edition Arno Press 1978). ISBN recorded is a modern English-language ebook edition (KtoCzyta.pl); the first edition predates ISBNs. The reader rating (3.95, 20 ratings) was re-checked on 2026-10-14 against the work under its correct title and matches.
- From the series record (The Kai Lung Stories): Four completed story collections following the storyteller Kai Lung in an invented, deliberately fanciful chinoiserie setting; a foundational Edwardian-era pulp fantasy series, complete since the author's death in 1942.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Kai Lung Stories: position 4 of 4: previous Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (1928)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Kai Lung
- Project Gutenberg: The Wallet of Kai Lung
- Wikipedia
- SF Encyclopedia (Ernest Bramah checklist)
- KtoCzyta.pl ebook listing (modern edition)
- Rating platform work page (Kai Lung Beneath The Mulberry-Tree)
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