Xueqin Cao

John Minford

Ts'ao Chan Hsüeh-ch'in

Tsʼao Chan

Hsüeh-ch'in Ts'ao

O Kao

E Gao

Buddhist philosophy and the experiences of the author's own family underlie this eighteenth-century novel of a Chinese family's declining fortunes

The Story of the Stone: The golden days

This is rated one of the greatest works of Chinese literature. Metaphysical, allegorical, and vividly realistic, the immense scope of The Story of the Stone provides something for everyone. A rich family saga, a tragic love story, and a philosophical meditation it is one of those rare huge books in which one can lose oneself completely. It begins as the story of the Stone, a supernatural entity endowed with consciousness that winds up in the mortal world and must find the path to enlightenment. His fate is inextricably bound with another creature from the Land of Illusion, the Crimson Pearl Flower. The Stone is responsible for its transformation into a fairy girl -- and she vows to repay him with "a debt of tears", willing to suffer for a lifetime in the world of mere mortals. The Stone describes how his story -- The Story of the Stone -- is the record of his journey to enlightenment, and offers the tale as a tool for others to follow his path, as, for example Vanitas does in the first chapter. --www.complete-review.com.

A Novel in Five Volumes

The Story of the Stone

Tche-houa Li

Jacqueline Alézaïs

Livre collectif de 3200 pages, 448 personnages et 120 récits, mis en forme par un lettré - Cao Xueqin - au 18e siècle. Un monument de la littérature chinoise. Une fresque discrètement satirique d'une société ardente aux jeux et aux plaisirs, légère et frivole. Au premier chef, l'auteur vise à perpétuer la mémoire des femmes qu'il a connues dans le gynécée de sa propre famille (cf. l'introduction). Solide édition critique.

Le rêve dans le pavillon rouge

Franz Walther Kuhn

Ad Vorstman

W. J. P. Scholtz

Klassieke 18e-eeuwse roman over een hoogbegaafde maar gedegenereerde jonge aristocraat en de loutering van zijn ziel.

De droom in de rode kamer

Or, The Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel

Hung Lou Meng

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As a reader of a TREDITION CLASSICS book, you support our mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion.

Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books

Der Traum der roten Kammer

Xueqin Cao

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