Half a Lifelong Romance

Half a Lifelong Romance (半生緣) is a Chinese novel by Eileen Chang. It was initially serialized in a Shanghai newspaper Yi Bao (亦報) in 1948, under the title Eighteen Springs (十八春). The novel was published as a book in 1950. In 1966, Chang edited the book in the United States and republished it under the title Half a Lifelong Romance in Taiwan.

The novel was under the heavy influence of John P. Marquand's work, H. M. Pulham Esq. Chang transplanted and adapted the synopsis, character settings, important scenes, and dialogues from Marquand's work.

The novel was translated into English in 2014 by Karen S. Kingsbury.

Adaptations

 * Eighteen Springs, a 1997 Hong Kong film
 * Affair of Half a Lifetime, a 2003 Chinese TV series
 * Half a Lifelong Romance (a.k.a. Eighteen Springs), a 2020 Chinese TV series