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The dream of the red chamber, which he devoted ten years of his life to writing, was not published until thirty years after his death. This is counted among chinas four great classical novels, composed in the 18th century during the qing dynasty. Dream of the red chamber, written in the 18th century in china, is a book for people who have a particular interest in chinese culture. The novel follows the loves and troubles of chia paoyu, heir to the chia clan as the clan rises in fortune and eventually falls from grace. Somehow, through the spats, crushes and rivalries of a. Hardcover the second installment of the dream of the red chamber is saliently deprived of all the supernatural phenomena, celestial illusions and fairy appearances that were mandatory to account for the general background of the novel. Bencraft joly translator see all 16 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Dream of the red chamber, by cao xueqin, follows the travails of a pubescent boy.
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Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Background introduction about the famous classical novel the dream of the red chamber. 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 romeoandjuliet love story and a portrait of one of the worlds. Dream of the red chamber book ii illustrated edition. It was composed in the mid18th century during the qing dynasty and is generally acknowledged to be a pinnacle of chinese fiction. Cao xueqin, a member of an eminent family that had served the qing dynasty emperors but whose fortunes had begun to decline, began composing dream of the red chamber during the 1740s. This apparently is a great translation by the late professor wang and.
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The novel circulated in manuscript copies with various titles until its. Dream of the red chamber is an 18thcentury novel written by cao zhan that is generally considered to be the greatest novel of chinese. Buy a cheap copy of dream of the red chamber book by xueqin cao. The plot is grand in scale, peopled with a complex array of characters. The dream of the red chamber book i by xueqin cao read by. A chinese novel in two books paperback august 11, 2014 by cao xueqin author, h. Hsuehchin is the author of dream of the red chamber and a dream of the red mansions. Buy dream of the red chamber abridged anchor books ed by hseuehch in ts ao, wang chichen isbn.
Dream of the red chamber may be a great novel in its original mandarin chinese, but i gave up reading it about onethird of the way through. The dream of the red chamber download ebook pdf, epub. The first edition of the novel was published in 1791, and was written by cao xueqin. Free download or read online the dream of the red chamber pdf epub book. The dream of the red chamber book i internet archive. The book is mainly about the chia mansions and the people who live in them. Name of writer, number pages in ebook and size are given in our post. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Dream of the red chamber book series 5 books all formats kindle edition from book 1. Why is chinas greatest novel virtually unknown in the west. The dream of the red chamber by xueqin cao part 1 audiobook. Christine sun was born in taiwan, and studied english and chinese literature at the ohio state and monash universities. The nook book ebook of the the dream of the red chamber. The novel was written by cao xueqin in the 18th century. Because of the huge numbers of characters and difficulty of remembering all the chinese names, i was getting little out of the book. It is the first printed edition of the classic novel written by cao xueqin circa 1715. The dream of the red chamber by cao xueqin download free. Dream of the red chamber book 1 illustrated edition by. Also known as hung lou menga, red chamber dream, and a dream of red mansions, a chinese novel in two parts by cao xueqin. The basic storyline of a dream of red mansions focuses primarily on the chia family. Its been out of print for several years and im delighted its been reissued.
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