Dream of the Red Chamber: Hung Lou Meng, Books I and II

Dream of the Red Chamber: Hung Lou Meng, Books I and II
ISBN-10
1775416747
ISBN-13
9781775416746
Series
Dream of the Red Chamber
Category
Fiction
Pages
2119
Language
English
Published
2009-12-01
Publisher
The Floating Press
Author
Cao Xueqin

Description

Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the four Chinese classics. The novel is semi-autobiographical and it gives an incredibly detailed insight into 18th-century life in China, particularly that of the aristocracy. The plot is grand in scale, peopled with a complex array of characters.

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