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The Yangtze Valley and beyond
Exploration & Journeys

The Yangtze Valley and beyond

Isabella L. Bird · narrated by Moss

2026

15h 38m
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The intrepid Isabella Bird pushes far up the Yangtze and into the remote interior of China in the 1890s, often the first Western woman locals had seen. She records rapids, cities, unrest and daily life with fearless precision. A masterwork of Victorian travel by one of its boldest voices.

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43 chapters

  1. 1PREFACE6m
  2. 2CHAPTER I. GEOGRAPHICAL AND INTRODUCTORY33m
  3. 3CHAPTER II. “THE MODEL SETTLEMENT”29m
  4. 4CHAPTER III. HANGCHOW[10]21m
  5. 5CHAPTER IV. THE HANGCHOW MEDICAL MISSION HOSPITALS22m
  6. 6CHAPTER V. SHANGHAI TO HANKOW (HANKAU)14m
  7. 7CHAPTER VI. THE FOREIGNERS—HANKOW AND BRITISH TRADE15m
  8. 8CHAPTER VII. CHINESE HANKOW (HANKAU)21m
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII. HANKOW TO ICHANG25m
  10. 10CHAPTER IX. ICHANG16m
  11. 11CHAPTER X. THE UPPER YANGTZE14m
  12. 12CHAPTER XI. RAPIDS OF THE UPPER YANGTZE19m
  13. 13CHAPTER XII. RAPIDS AND TRACKERS15m
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII. LIFE ON THE UPPER YANGTZE25m
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV. THE YANGTZE AND KUEI FU20m
  16. 16CHAPTER XV. NEW YEAR’S DAY AT KUEI-CHOW FU11m
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI. KUEI FU TO WAN HSIEN24m
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII. CHINESE CHARITIES[31]26m
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII. FROM WAN HSIEN TO SAN TSAN-PU21m
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX. SZE CHUAN TRAVELLING16m
  21. 21CHAPTER XX. SAN-TSAN-PU TO LIANG-SHAN HSIEN15m
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI. LIANG-SHAN HSIEN TO HSIA-SHAN-PO21m
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII. HSAI-SHAN-PO TO SIAO-KIAO21m
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII. SIAO-KIAO TO HSIEH-TIEN-TZE28m
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV. HSIEH-TIEN-TZE TO PAONING FU33m
  26. 26CHAPTER XXV. PAONING FU AND SIN-TIEN-TZE14m
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVI. SIN-TIEN-TZE TO TZE-TUNG HSIEN.35m
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVII. TZE-TUNG HSIEN TO KUAN HSIEN28m
  29. 29CHAPTER XXVIII. KUAN HSIEN AND CHENGTU29m
  30. 30CHAPTER XXIX. KUAN HSIEN TO SIN-WEN-PING21m
  31. 31CHAPTER XXX. SIN-WEN-PING TO LI-FAN TING38m
  32. 32CHAPTER XXXI. LI-FAN TING TO TSA-KU-LAO11m
  33. 33CHAPTER XXXII. THE “BEYOND”49m
  34. 34Chapter 357m
  35. 35CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MAN-TZE, I-REN, OR SHAN-SHANG-REN19m
  36. 36CHAPTER XXXIV. FROM SOMO TO CHENGTU FU8m
  37. 37CHAPTER XXXV. DOWNWARD BOUND15m
  38. 38CHAPTER XXXVI. LUCHOW TO CHUNG-KING FU13m
  39. 39CHAPTER XXXVII. THE JOURNEY’S END18m
  40. 40CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE OPIUM POPPY AND ITS USE[57]28m
  41. 41CHAPTER XXXIX. NOTES ON PROTESTANT MISSIONS IN CHINA30m
  42. 42CONCLUDING REMARKS36m
  43. 43Chapter 4526m
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