The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes
Cao XueqinThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes
January 5, 1791Penguin384 pages
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The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. --from publisher description.
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