Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It looked interesting, and since it was old i figured i could get a free pdf copy for my kindle i have a kindle, but i only use it to read free books. The story of the stone is the first volume of a five volume series that tells the story of the prestigious chinese jia family. The debt of tears and read the story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber, vol. Read the travels of lao can by liu e available from rakuten kobo. The story of the stone also know as the dream of the red. The cao familys power and wealth were at its height under cao yin. Hung lou meng, book i by cao xueqin full text free book. Henry bencraft 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 modern chinese.
The story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber. Divided into five volumes, of which the warning voice is the third, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious jia family a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the authors own. The red chamber is an expression used for the sheltered area where the daughters. Aug 29, 20 the story of the stone by cao xueqin is another instance for me of me and my big mouth, as bugs bunny frequently said the latter phrase, not the entire sentence. This is the richest and most enjoyable volume of the chinese family saga so far, and the last which contains cao xueqin s original text. Yucun learns there is a possibility of getting his job as mandarin back and asks lin ruhai for his support in becoming reemployed. Autobiographical novel, showing lao can liu e, discoverer of oracle bones, in his profession of physician, his inter.
Xueqin itself was a style name or literary name, but he had at least two other style names as well, qinpu and qinxi. Dream of the red chamber in 120 chapters world digital library. Cao xueqin was born around 1715 and died 12 february 1763. But so many names might make the infobox a bit cluttered. Description of the book the dream of the red chamber. Download the dream of the red chamber by cao xueqin download free ebook pdf ebook. The travels of lao can ebook by liu e 9781608723546. But the simpleton, who seeks no gains, with belly full, he wanders free as drifting boat upon the sea. It was written sometime in the middle of the 18th century during the qing dynasty. The dream of the red chamber is one of the four great classical novels of chinese literature. The story of the stone presented by chenwen hong feb.
The fifth part of cao xueqin s magnificent saga, the dreamer awakes, was carefully edited and completed by gao e some decades later. Divided into five volumes, of which the warning voice is the third, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious jia family a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the authors own family. It is the first printed edition of the classic novel written by cao xueqin circa 1715. Hung lou meng, book i by cao xueqin its easy to link to paragraphs in the full text archive if this page contains some material that you want to link to but you dont want your visitors to have to scroll down the whole page just hover your mouse over the relevent paragraph. The story of the stone, also known by the title of the dream of the red chamber, is the great novel of manners in chinese literature. The first edition of the novel was published in 1791, and was written by cao xueqin. However, a few years after cao xueqin was born, the cao family had reached its downfall due to political reasons. It was composed in the middle of the eighteenth century at the time of qing dynasty and depicts the social structure of china at that time. The novel gives a detailed description of the lives of characters and also describes the nature of desire and delusion.
Included here are the preface and comments by zhang ruzhi at the tops of the pages, the table of contents. Keeping a hold of all the different characters remains a challenge. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on the story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber. Cao xueqin dream of the red chamber story of stone 9. It looked interesting, and since it was old i figured i could get a free pdf copy for my kindle i have a kindle, but i. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are baoyu, daiyu. The dream of the red chamber cao xueqin download bok. The story of the stone is considered one of the classics of chinese literature. He is best known for the dream of the red chamber also translated as a dream of red mansions and story of the stone, generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of chinese fiction and one of the great monuments of world literature. The story of the stone the dream of the red chamber cao. 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. Cao xueqin was the posthumous grandson of cao yin, who was the textile commissioner in nanking and was greatly favored by emperor kangxi. The story of the stone by cao xueqin is another instance for me of me and my big mouth, as bugs bunny frequently said the latter phrase, not the entire sentence. It is considered a masterpiece of chinese literature and is generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of chinese fiction.
Pdf the dream of the red chamber book by cao xueqin free. Dec 12, 2007 the story of the stone is considered one of the classics of chinese literature. He came from a welltodo family on the decline like the jias, and a number of autobiographical elements are woven into his great work, the story of the stone. Cao xueqin the story of the stone the dream of the red chamber 03 the warning voice. The fifth part of cao xueqins magnificent saga, the dreamer awakes, was carefully edited and completed by gao e some decades later.
Hung lou meng, book i by cao xueqin its easy to link to paragraphs in the full text archive if this page contains some material that you want to link to but you dont want your visitors to have to scroll down the whole page just hover your mouse over the relevent paragraph and click the bookmark icon that appears to the left of it. This is the richest and most enjoyable volume of the chinese family saga so far, and the last which contains cao xueqins original text. As with the family portrayed in the novel, caos own family fell from. Lin ruhai agrees and sends yucun to the capitol with his daughter daiyu. Download full book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. Dream of the red chamber, also called the story of the stone, composed by cao xueqin, is one of chinas four great classical novels. 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.
Cao xueqin is currently considered a single author. Also, you can read online full book search results for asilentvoicevolume3 free ebooks pdf. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the jia dynasty, focussing on baoyu, now married to baochai, after the tragic death of his beloved daiyu. The story of the stone by cao xueqin eleven and a half. Although little is known of his personal life, cao xueqin or tsao hsuehchin is considered to be chinas greatest novelist, and hong lou meng a dream of red mansions sometimes the story of the stone is regarded as the greatest novel in the chinese language. Hong lou meng by xueqin cao, 1980, penguin edition, in english. The dream of the red chamber by cao xueqin download free. Xueqin cao quotes author of dream of the red chamber.
Divided into five volumes, the story of the stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious jia family. Cao xueqins given name, it is now commonly agreed, was cao zhan and his courtesy name mengruan. The warning voice vol 3 chinese literature in translation new edition by xueqin, c isbn. Free download or read online the dream of the red chamber pdf epub book. The dream of the stone download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Cao xueqin 1715 or 1724 1763 or 1764 was a chinese writer during the qing dynasty. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
Name of writer, number pages in ebook and size are given in our post. Xin jian quan bu xiu xiang hong lou meng newly printed complete illustrated edition of the dream of the red chamber is also known as the chenga edition. Media in category cao xueqin the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Download the story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber, vol. The dream of the red chamber by cao xueqin overdrive. Check here and also read some short description about the dream of the red chamber by cao xueqin download free ebook. It is known for certain that cao yongs only son was born posthumously in 1715. For more than a century and a half, dream of the red chamber has been recognized in china as the greatest of its novels, a chinese romeoandjuliet love story and a. Pdf download a silent voice volume 3 free ebooks pdf. Daiyu is going to live with her mothers family, the jias. Cao xueqin was the son of either cao fu or cao yong.
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