The Dream of the Red Chamber

Hung Lou Meng

Hardcover, 604 pages

English language

Published July 8, 1975 by Greenwood Press Reprint.

ISBN:
978-0-8371-8113-4
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OCLC Number:
1540683

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5 stars (2 reviews)

41 editions

reviewed The story of the stone by Xueqin Cao (Penguin classics)

Part 1 of 5 -- still a classic

5 stars

I read this when I started my Chinese Studies degree many years ago, used a few chapters in teaching, re-read the whole first volume (this one) a few years back and just keep being floored by the quality of the writing and translation. Best novel ever? Happy to give it this accolade if it gets you reading the thing. Four more volumes of thickening plot after this one!

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Subjects

  • 16th to 18th century fiction
  • Historical - General
  • Fiction - Historical
  • Fiction
  • China