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Literature & Fiction

The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

The Story of the StoneÂ (c. 1760), also known by the title ofÂ The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature.

Divided into five volumes,Â The Story of the StoneÂ 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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780140442939
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1974-03-30
UnitCount 1
UPCs 787721875710
EANs 8601300101316

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