Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book II by Cao
"Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book II" by Cao Xueqin is an 18th-century novel written in the 1740s until his death in 1763 or 1764. This masterwork chronicles the rise and decline of an aristocratic family in Qing dynasty China, exploring the lives of women the author knew in his youth. The novel delves into social relations, philosophical questions, and psychological depths while depicting
a world of refined aesthetics and complex family dynamics that mirror the fate of the dynasty itself. (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 II |
| 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: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy 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. | 9604 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Sep 27, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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