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Opportunity to See Treasured Literature
Manuscripts and personal papers of writers represent all stages of literary production. They may range from notes and first drafts to corrected proofs and correspondence between authors and publishers. Now, for the very first time, you are able to see the manuscripts of ten great British writers in person.
Named Shakespeare to Sherlock: Treasures of the British Library, the will stay in China for three years. The manuscripts are on display at the National Library of China in Beijing until mid-June. The exhibition will then Shanghai and Hong Kong. It the original works of Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, and Lord Byron, among others.
One of the highlights of the exhibition is that visitors will be able to see the 1598 of Romeo and Juliet, once owned by King George III, side by side with a Ming Dynasty print copy of The Peony Pavilion by Shakespeare's Chinese Tang Xianzu. It would be like the two great ancient writers--who lived during the same time but at sides of the world to one another—are finally making a connection, but in the 21st century. Perhaps this is what China's ambassador to the UK meant when he said that the exhibition was" a splendid cultural feast that goes beyond time and space and different countries and peoples. "
