The Story of the Stone: Golden Days Volume 1 (Story of the Stone (the Dream of the Red Chamber)) (Paperback)(Chinese / English)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Story of the Stone: Golden Days Volume 1 A novel of Chinese literature that contains the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 30 March 1974
- Format: Paperback 544 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: General | Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Fiction In Translation
- ISBN 13: 9780140442939 ISBN 10: 0140442936
- Sales rank: 28,093
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Full description for The Story of the Stone: Golden Days Volume 1
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.
