THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER: A CHINESE NOVEL OF THE EARLY CHING PERIOD
by Meng, Hung Lou (translated by Florence and Isabel McHugh)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good-
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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Synopsis
Dream of the Red Chamber (also Red Chamber Dream, Hung Lou Meng or A Dream of Red Mansions), rarely also called The Story of the Stone, is a masterpiece of Chinese vernacular literature and one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. The novel was composed approx. between 1749 and 1759 during the Qing Dynasty and is attributed to Cao Xueqin. Redology is the field of study devoted exclusively to this work and the novel is generally acknowledged as the pinnacle of the classical Chinese novels.
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- Bookseller
- David H. Gerber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019753
- Title
- THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER: A CHINESE NOVEL OF THE EARLY CHING PERIOD
- Author
- Meng, Hung Lou (translated by Florence and Isabel McHugh)
- Illustrator
- B&w illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novel, China
- Bookseller catalogs
- Retain;
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...