Half a Lifelong Romance


Half a Lifelong Romance is a Chinese novel by Eileen Chang. It was initially serialized in a Shanghai newspaper Yi Bao in 1948, under the title Eighteen Springs. The novel was published as a book in 1950. In 1966, Chang edited the book in the United States and republished it under the title Half a Lifelong Romance in Taiwan.
The novel was under the heavy influence of John P. Marquand's work, H. M. Pulham Esq. Chang transplanted and adapted the synopsis, character settings, important scenes, and dialogues from Marquand's work.
The novel was translated into English in 2014 by Karen S. Kingsbury.

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