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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.
"Redology" is the field of study devoted exclusively to this work. In the opening chapter of the novel, a couplet is introduced: Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true; Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
The novel is remarkable not only for its huge cast of characters and psychological scope, but also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese aristocracy.
Also known as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Story of the Stone, or Chronicles of the Stone; Hung Lou Meng, or, The Dream of the Red Chamber is usually grouped with three other pre-modern Chinese works of fiction, collectively known as the ...
This book is Hung Lou Meng, Dream of the Red Chamber, Book II. Book I can be found by ISBN-10: 1475100922.Hung Lou Meng, Dream of the Red Chamber composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels.
Also known as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Story of the Stone, or Chronicles of the Stone; Hung Lou Meng, or, The Dream of the Red Chamber is usually grouped with three other pre-modern Chinese works of fiction, collectively known as the ...
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Long considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, the novel is generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of Chinese fiction. "Redology" is the field of study devoted exclusively to this work.