Two Gallants (short story) weary of the eyes of strangers and her master’s hands, suggesting molestation and exploitation put on display. The moon slowly being covered by rain clouds can also be read as the romantic ideal disappearing. It is replaced at the end with material gain. Corley holds up the coin like a knight who has found the grail, and the contrast to reality emphasizes the degeneration of morals. Two Gallants (short story) "Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement
The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants biggest book collectors in 19th-century Beijing and clearly an elite member of the society. Based on "Longtu Erlu", the 120-chapter "The Tale of Loyal Heroes and Righteous Gallants" was printed by a movable type at the Juzhen tang (聚珍堂) in 1879, which caused a sensation in Beijing. Unprecedentedly for a print Chinese novel, the oral storyteller's name Shi Yukun appeared on the title page. The book also included 3 prefaces, written respectively by: In a 1883 reprint by Wenya zhai (文雅齋), the novel was renamed to "The Three Heroes and Five Gallants", with the "three heroes" being actually four people,