Les tribulations d'un chinois en Chine

Tribulations of a C******n in China (French: Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1879. The story is about a rich Chinese man, Kin-Fo, who is bored with life, and after some business misfortune decides to die. Kin-Fo is an extremely wealthy man who certainly does not lack material possessions. However, he is terribly bored and when news reaches him about his major investment abroad, a bank in the United States, going bankrupt, Kin-Fo decides to die. He signs up for a dollar 200, 000 life insurance covering all kinds of accidents, death in war, and even suicide; Wang and Kin-Fo's fiancée are to be the beneficiaries.