by Jin Yong
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Characters
Chapter One
The Black Swamp Recluse
Chapter Two
Reverend Sole Light
Chapter Three
The Handkerchief of Lovebirds
Chapter Four
Raging River, Treacherous Shoal
Chapter Five
Calamities to Come
Chapter Six
Upheaval on the Island
Chapter Seven
Iron Spear Temple
Chapter Eight
The Army Marches West
Chapter Nine
Descending from the Heavens
Chapter Ten
Secret Orders Sealed in Silk
Chapter Eleven
Good and Evil, Right and Wrong
Chapter Twelve
Contest of Mount Hua
Appendix
Also by Jin Yong
About the Author and Translators
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
A HEART DIVIDED. Copyright © 1959, 1976, 2003 by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). English translation copyright © 2021 by Gigi Chang and Shelly Bryant. Illustrations © Jiang Yun Xing. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Cover design by Ervin Serrano
Hand-lettering by Jonathan Bush
Cover art: illustration by Chang Jung Shan;
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The Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-25013-1 (trade paperback)
ISBN 978-1-250-22064-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-22065-3 (ebook)
eISBN 9781250220653
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First published in the Chinese language as Shediao Yingxiong Zhuan (4) in 1959; revised in 1976, 2003
First published in the English language in Great Britain by MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Publishing Ltd., a Hachette UK Company
First U.S. Edition: 2021