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Story of the Stone, The: A Master Li Novel
by Hughart, Barry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385246366
- ISBN 13
- 9780385246361
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Dream of the Red Chamber (also Red Chamber Dream, Hung Lou Meng or A Dream of Red Mansions), originally 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 some time in the middle of the 18 century during the Qing Dynasty and 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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- Seller
- Monroe Street Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31690
- Title
- Story of the Stone, The: A Master Li Novel
- Author
- Hughart, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Book Club edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385246366
- ISBN 13
- 9780385246361
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Fiction, Mystery, Book Club edition, , .
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