The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Vintage Movie Classics

Grace Zaring Stone, Victoria Wilson

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Bantam Books Inc
15 September 2014

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: A Vintage Movie Classic

Originally published in 1930, this absorbing and groundbreaking novel of war-torn China explores the unexpected relationship between American missionary Megan Davis and Republican leader General Yen. A VINTAGE MOVIE CLASSIC BOOK.

The groundbreaking novel that was the basis for Frank Capra's strange, shocking drama starring Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther.

Traveling to Shanghai to marry her medical missionary fiance, the beautiful Megan Davis finds herself caught in the toils of civil war between Republican and Communist forces. Determined to save the inhabitants of an orphanage in a Communist-occupied city nearby, Megan joins a nighttime rescue mission that ends up under attack by a mob. She avoids death only thanks to the intervention of General Yen, who brings her to his palace, where they come to form an unlikely trust and companionship in one another. As the political climate sours and violence outside the palace walls escalates, the motives behind various associates of the General are called into suspicion, leading to an unexpected and irreparable betrayal.

Originally published in 1930, this absorbing novel of war-torn China was adapted into a film in 1933.

With a new foreword by Victoria Wilson.

Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.

By: Grace Zaring Stone, Victoria Wilson
Imprint: Bantam Books Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 231g
ISBN: 9780804170864
ISBN 10: 080417086X
Series: A Vintage Movie Classic
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Grace Zaring Stone was an American novelist and short story writer. She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films- The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter Meeting, and Escape. She also used the pseudonym of Ethel Vance. She died in 1991 in Mystic, Connecticut.