Serialized television drama (dianshiju), perhaps the most popular and influential cultural form in China over the past three decades, offers a wide and penetrating look at the tensions and contradictions of the post-revolutionary and pro-market period. Zhong Xueping's timely new work draws attention to the multiple cultural and historical legacies that coexist and challenge each other within this dominant form of story telling. Although scholars tend...

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Workaholic lawyer Maggie is having marriage issues. She wishes for a do-over and awakens fifteen years in the past. Will Maggie choose college boyfriend Rick or will she stay with husband Josh?

After an accident leaves her with a serious head injury, a woman wakes up remembering nothing of her past. As secrets are revealed she starts to question the people closest to her.

When Leah's husband Benjamin dies suddenly, Benjamin's brother Jake is stunned to learn he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on his brother's name. Jake suggests to Leah that they get married and maintain a secretly platonic relationship. The harder they try to disguise their 'pretend' marriage, the more their appreciation for each other's worlds grows, and out of understanding, a real love develops.

Amer Atrash is on the brink of success. With time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. He attributes his misfortune to bad karma from a wrongdoing committed fifteen years ago and sets out to right this wrong.

A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.

On a whim, Alex proposes to Isabel when he learns she became pregnant as a result of a casual night of passion they shared.

An unlikely love story developes when a cynical, big-city columnist comes to a small town to cover the story of Maggie Carpenter, a bride who's left men at the altar several times.

During her duties as a lady's companion, Emily meets her employer's nephew, Lord James Walderhurst. Accepting his marriage proposal, Emily finds solace in the company of Walderhurst's nephew and his glamorous wife, after Lord James leaves to rejoin his regiment. Emily, alone with the Osborns, increasingly comes under their control. She begins to fear for her life.