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Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone is an 18th-century Chinese novel authored by Cao Xueqin, considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.It is known for its psychological scope and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, lifestyles, and social relations of High Qing China.. The intricate strands of its plot depict the rise and decline of a ...
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Summary and Analysis Volume I: Chapters 1-5. The first five chapters form a preface for the rest of the novel and also serve as a general introduction for the reader. The author makes the purpose and main theme of the novel clear by criticizing the writers of the "beauty-and-talented-scholar" school of writing, as well as the writers of the ...
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Hung-lou-meng. Dream of the Red Chamber, novel written by Cao Zhan in the 18th century that is generally considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels and among the greatest in world literature. The work, published in English as Dream of the Red Chamber (1929), first appeared in manuscript form in Beijing during Cao Zhan's lifetime.
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Book Summary. The basic storyline of A Dream of Red Mansions focuses primarily on the Chia family. There are two dukes in the family — Duke Ning-kuo and Duke Jung-kuo. Chia Fu, the elder grandson of Duke Ning-kuo, dies young, so the second grandson, Chia Ching, succeeds to the title after the death of his father, Chia Tai-hua.
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Precious Virtue, warmhearted and practical, is the niece of Pao-yu's mother. She is a woman as good as her brother Hsueh Pan is vicious. He is always involving the family in scandal because of ...
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The Story of the Stone (The Dream Of the Red Chamber, or Hung Lou Meng)Unlimited Free AccessAll Original Work of 80 Chapters by Cao Xueqin :Chapter 1-24,...
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Dream of the Red Chamber can only be summarized via great simplification, due to its length and intricacy. Of its 400 characters, 30 are main characters, all with richly detailed personalities.
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Hsueh Yi-ma. Hsueh Yi-ma, a widow, the sister of Madame Wang. After her husband's death, she goes with her son and daughter to live with the Chia family in the Yungkuofu. Precious Virtue, her ...
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