Author: BURKE, THOMAS
Title: Broken Blossoms. A Selection of Stories from "Limehouse Nights"
Description: London: Grant Richards, 1920. First Edition thus. Red hardback cloth cover. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 184pp. Stories comprise: 'The Chink and the Child', 'The Gorilla and the Girl', 'Beryl and the Croucher', 'Tai Fu and Pansy Greers', 'Gina of the Chinatown' and 'The Paw'. In 1915, Burke published Nights in Town: A London Autobiography, which featured his descriptions of working-class London nightlife including the essay, 'A Chinese Night, Limehouse'. However, it was not until the publication of Limehouse Nights in 1916 that he obtained any substantial acclaim as an author. This collection of melodramatic short stories, set in a lower-class environment populated by Chinese immigrants, was published in three British periodicals, The English Review, Colour and The New Witness, and received marked attention from literary reviewers. Limehouse Nights helped to earn Burke a reputation as "the laureate of London's Chinatown". Burke's writing also influenced contemporary popular forms of entertainment, such as the nascent film industry. Indeed, D. W. Griffith used the short story "The Chink and the Child" from Limehouse Nights as the basis for his popular silent film Broken Blossoms (1919).. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Splits to spine ends. Wear to corners. Inner hinges cracked. Pages browned .

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