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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Yeh Shen : A Play
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This children's play version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is set in China and contains Chinese cultural references.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Rigby Heinemann , 2000 .
      Extent: 24p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0731226747
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