Three Souls
- Author: Janie Chang
- Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 11:48:02
Synopsis
An absorbing novel of romance and revolution, loyalty and family, sacrifice and undying love
We have three souls, or so I'd been told. But only in death could I confirm this....
So begins the haunting and captivating tale, set in 1935 China, of the ghost of a young woman named Leiyin, who watches her own funeral from above and wonders why she is being denied entry to the afterlife. Beside her are three souls—stern and scholarly yang; impulsive, romantic yin; and wise, shining hun—who will guide her toward understanding. She must, they tell her, make amends.
As Leiyin delves back in time with the three souls to review her life, she sees the spoiled and privileged teenager she once was, a girl who is concerned with her own desires while China is fractured by civil war and social upheaval. At a party, she meets Hanchin, a captivating left-wing poet and translator, and instantly falls in love with him.
When Leiyin defies her father to pursue Hanchin, she learns the harsh truth—that she is powerless over her fate. Her punishment for disobedience leads to exile, an unwanted marriage, a pregnancy, and, ultimately, her death. And when she discovers what she must do to be released from limbo into the afterlife, Leiyin realizes that the time for making amends is shorter than she thought.
Suffused with history and literature, Three Souls is an epic tale of revenge and betrayal, forbidden love, and the price we are willing to pay for freedom.
Chapters
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001 Three Souls
Duration: 35s -
002 Part One
Duration: 12min -
003 Chapter 01
Duration: 48min -
004 Chapter 02
Duration: 23min -
005 Chapter 03
Duration: 31min -
006 Chapter 04
Duration: 25min -
007 Chapter 05
Duration: 18min -
008 Chapter 06
Duration: 23min -
009 Chapter 07
Duration: 32min -
010 Chapter 08
Duration: 28min -
011 Part Two
Duration: 05min -
012 Chapter 09
Duration: 24min -
013 Chapter 10
Duration: 12min -
014 Chapter 11
Duration: 15min -
015 Chapter 12
Duration: 13min -
016 Chapter 13
Duration: 14min -
017 Chapter 14
Duration: 20min -
018 Chapter 15
Duration: 18min -
019 Chapter 16
Duration: 25min -
020 Chapter 17
Duration: 57min