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The story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber vol 2. A happy inspiration prompts tanchun to found the crabflower club. Dream of the red chamber ebook by cao xueqin 1230000098311. The fifth part of cao xueqins magnificent saga, the dreamer awakes, was carefully edited and completed by gao. Xiangyun is the favorite grandniece of the dowager, baoyus. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The crabflower club volume ii kindle edition by xueqin, cao, david hawkes. Dream of the red chamber abridged by tsao hsuehchin. This book conveys the immersive feel of entering another culture and another eraits family structure, etiquette, philosophy, clothing, gardens, poetry, entertainments, rites of passage, sexual mores, and the innumerable small details that bring a culture fully. And lady allspice is satirical on the subject of crabs. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Shi xiangyun is a major fictional character in the classic 18th century chinese novel dream of. The first part of the story, the golden days, begins the tale of baoyu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to confucian studies, and his two cousins.
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The story of the stone also known as the dream of the red chamber. It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters and telling observations on the life and social structures of 18th century china and is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the. Probably compiled in the third century bce, the verses are arranged according to theme, covering ideas such as selfpossession, good and evil, watchfulness and endurance. Jolys attention to detail and the faithfulness in his translation of hong lou meng makes this revised edition of the dream of the red chamber an excellent book for the student of. The novel is semiautobiographical and it gives an incredibly detailed insight into 18thcentury life in china, particularly that of the aristocracy.
Desperate unspoken love between two 14 year old soulmates no these are real soulmates since the boy, baoyu, is the incarnation of the stone, the only rejected stone from the vault of heaven and the girl daiyu is the incarnation of the heavenly crimsonpearl flower. Download ebook the dream of the red chamber pdf for free. The debt of tears and read the story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber, vol. It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters and telling observations on the life and social structures of 18th century china and is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the classical chinese novel. Dream of the red chamber isbn 9781775416746 pdf epub h.
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