The Story of the Stone
by Hughart, Barry
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0553282786
- ISBN 13
- 9780553282788
- Seller
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About This Item
Spectra Books, 1989. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First printing. SIGNED by the author. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1755336144
- Title
- The Story of the Stone
- Author
- Hughart, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553282786
- ISBN 13
- 9780553282788
- Publisher
- Spectra Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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