Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Cao
"Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I" by Cao Xueqin is an 18th-century novel written in the 1740s. This masterpiece chronicles the rise and decline of an aristocratic Chinese family during the Qing dynasty. While depicting patriarchal power and social relations, Cao crafted the work as a memorial to the women of his youth. The novel explores profound religious and philosophical questions through intricate
plotting and poetic language, offering intimate observations of 18th-century Chinese worldview, aesthetics, and lifestyles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cao, Xueqin, 1717?-1763 |
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| Translator | Joly, H. Bencraft, 1857-1898 |
| Uniform Title | Hong lou meng. English |
| Title | Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber |
| Credits | Produced by Juliet Sutherland and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| Subject | Autobiographical fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Jia, Baoyu (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 9603 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 2, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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