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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. In 1791, almost 30 years after his death, the novel was published ...
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Tsao Hsueh-Chin, Chi-chen Wang (Translator) For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations. Chi-chen Wang's translation is skillful and accurate. 329 pages, Paperback.
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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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Introduction. Dream of the Red Chamber is a one-volume adaptation of a much longer, three-volume work, sometimes translated into English as A Dream of Red Mansions. It is China's best-known novel. We have based this set of Notes on the three-volume original novel, feeling that the richness of the original work is too important to ignore.
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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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Whether you read it straight through or dip in from time to time, this work affords entry to one of the great fictional universes. Dream of the Red Chamber, by Cao Xueqin, follows the travails of ...
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The classic novel is very lengthy about 2,000 pages. This current translation is an abbreviation but the complete story is told. The original 120 chapters are re-organized into 50.
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