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The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

Jules Verne

First published 1879
Publisher Lee and Shepard
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 271
Price $1.00

{{Tr|Virginia Champlin [Grace Virginia Lord]}} This translation begins: ""It must be acknowledged, however, that there is some good in life," observed one of the guests, who, leaning his elbow on the arm of his chair with a marble back, sat nibbling a root of a sugar water-lily."

There is a multi-page publisher's catalogue after the novel, on unnumbered pages. Sources:

  • Title, date (copyright 1879) and publisher from a scanned copy at Internet Archive from University of Michigan.
  • Title, date (October 1879), publisher (Lee & Shepard) and cover image from www.julesverne.ca.
  • Title (Tribulations of a Chinaman), format (cloth) and price ($1) from Jules Verne Encyclopedia.
  • Title, date (1879), publisher (Lee & Shepard), translator and translation from jv.gilead.org.il.