Les tribulations d'un chinois en Chine
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Tribulations of a Chinaman 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.
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Quel talent de conteur d'histoires ce Jules Vernes, je ne me suis jamais ennuyé tellement les descriptions des paysages, personnages et personnalités étaient réalistes.
Pas le meilleur Jules Verne mais...
Petite aventure sympathique et facile à lire avec en prime une découverte de la Chine et de ses us...