The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes, was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changi
The Story of the Stone: The Dreamer Wakes (Volume V)
โ Scribed by Xueqin, Cao; Hawkes, David
- Book ID
- 109341439
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 503 KB
- Series
- Story of the Stone (The Dream of the Red Chamber) 5
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141968926
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โฆ Synopsis
Overview: Cao Xueqin (Chinese: ๆน้ช่น; pinyin: Cรกo Xuฤqรญn; WadeโGiles: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in, 1715 or 1724 โ 1763 or 1764) was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Cao Zhan (ๆน้) and his courtesy name is Mengruan (ๅคข้ฎ; ๆขฆ้ฎ; literally "Dream about Ruan" or "Dream of Ruan")
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The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ether