# Spring Fragrance
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Mrs. spring fragrance was a popular short story collection by Sui Sin Far, pen name of Chinese-British-Canadian-American writer Edith Maude Eaton. The work is notable for being "the earliest book of fiction published in the United States by an author of mixed Chinese and white descent." Although the stories in the collection were written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were not compiled into a single book until 1912.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 41: The Three Souls of Ah So Nan 1
Following the death of Ah So Nan, Fou Wang, a young fisherman living in San Francisco, decided to dedicate three years to mourning his mother and isolating himself from all joys and happiness.
Yet, his resolve to following this traditional Chinese custom would hurt O’Yam, his fiancée.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 42: The Three Souls of Ah So Nan 2
Fou Wang had been mourning his late mother for six months, during which O’Yam was pressured by her father to marry another man.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 43: The Three Souls of Ah So Nan 3
“Will love conquer superstition?” The question emerged when O’Yam came across Fou Wang at a temple in Chinatown in San Francisco.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 44: The Three Souls of Ah So Nan 4
Under “guidance” from his dead mother, Fou Wang realized that moving on with one’s life won’t get in the way of honoring the deceased.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 45: The prize China baby
Fin Fan took her six-month-old daughter to take part in a baby show to compete for a prize, which she hoped would make her husband proud and quit the idea of giving away their daughter.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 47: Tian Shan’s kindred spirit 1
Tian Shan was a brilliant Chinese man who took pleasure in crossing the border between the United States and Canada without customs approval. He was lucky enough to meet Fin Fan who admired his thrilling adventures.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 48: Tian Shan's kindred spirit 2
Tian Shan was caught after having a fight with Fin Fan's admirer, and was ordered to be sent back to China by local authorities. Fin Fan was determined to keep Tian Shan’s company on the trip back to China.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 49: The sing song woman 1
Ah Oi, a low-ranking actress living in Chinatown in an American city, came up with a trick to help her friend Mag-gee to escape an unwanted betrothal.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance Episode 50: The sing song woman 2
Ah Oi dressed as the bride to attend the wedding and helped Mag-gee to run off. But the plot unfolded with unexpected results.
676 "Mrs Spring Fragrance" by Sui Sin Far (with Mike Palindrome)
Mike Palindrome, the President of the Literature Supporters Club, joins Jacke for a reading and discussion of "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" by Sui Sin Far. The story, which takes place against a backdrop of waves of immigration to America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (and the racist an…
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