[ovi256]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Chinese_Novels

They're about court life and conflict, so of course they're full of court politics and intrigue

[seabass-labrax]

I'm really intrigued, but I can't read Chinese (yet!) - would you be able to tell me in which person these are written?

[VHRanger]

As an anglophone, I really enjoyed the Water Margin podcast [1] which is a tranlastion of one of the great classics in full length, and with appropriate explanations for contemporarty cultural context.

1. http://www.outlawsofthemarsh.com/