The Painted Skin
The Painted Skin

The Painted Skin

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Contains themes of supernatural horror, deception, and violence, including graphic depictions of a demon wearing human skin.

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Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

The Painted Skin

About The Author

Pu Songling (1640–1715) was a Chinese writer from the Qing dynasty renowned for his collection of supernatural tales, "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" (Liaozhai Zhiyi). His work is celebrated for its imaginative storytelling and insightful commentary on human nature and society. Pu's unique blend of fantasy and reality has left a lasting impact on Chinese literature and folklore.

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Synchronized Materials

Each text is broken down into numbered passages, synchronized across all versions, enabling every student to follow along in class discussions, regardless of the reading level they are using.

Passage numbers are available in the web reader and in the margins of our paperback copies.

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The author's original words are always just a tap away. Easily reference the original language of any one of our leveled readers by visiting our web application and jumping to the corresponding passage.