Cultural References
- The French Concession is portrayed in Jules Verne's novel Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (1879).
- The French Concession is where Adeline Yen Mah stayed in her autobiography Chinese Cinderella (1999).
- The French Concession is portrayed in Lisa See's novel Shanghai girls and Dreams of Joy.
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