Readings in Modern Chinese Literature is designed as a textbook for the student who, after two or three semesters of intensive study, has acquired a knowledge of colloquial Chinese and is now ready to approach reading original plays, poems, stories and essays. The volume dealing with fiction presents fourteen short stories with notes and introductions. The major writers of the modern period, such as Lu Hsun, Mao Tun, Lao She, Pa Chin, Ting Ling and others are included. The other two volumes in the series are devoted to plays and poems (Volume 1) and essays (Volume 3).

Readings in Modern Chinese Literature is designed as a textbook for the student who, after several semesters of study, has acquired sufficient knowledge of Chinese and is now ready to approach reading original plays, poems and short stories. This volume includes four plays and eleven poems. Each selection is provided with vocabulary notes and a short introduction about the author in English. The selections are preceded by a brief survey of modern Chinese drama and poetry.