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The Tale of Kieu
The Tale of Kieu, or Truyện Kiều, is an epic poem by Nguyễn Du, written in the early nineteenth century in chữ Nôm script and in the six-eight lục bát verse form. Adapted from a Chinese novel, it tells of Thúy Kiều, a young woman who sells herself to save her family and endures fifteen years of suffering. It is the best-known work of Vietnamese literature and is widely quoted.
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