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The Story of the Stone: The Warning Voice v. 3 (Story of the Stone (the Dream of the Red Chamber)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Story of the Stone: The Warning Voice v. 3A novel of manners in Chinese literature.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 29 January 1981
- Format: Paperback 640 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Sagas | Historical Fiction | Fiction In Translation
- ISBN 13: 9780140443707 ISBN 10: 0140443703
- Sales rank: 44,137
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Full description for The Story of the Stone: The Warning Voice v. 3
"The Story of the Stone (c. 1760)", also known by the title of "The Dream of the Red Chamber", is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which "The Warning Voice" is the third, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the author's own family). The two main characters, Bao-yu and Dai-yu, are set against a rich tapestry of humour, realistic detail and delicate poetry, which accurately reflects the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life. But over and above the novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another plane of existence - a theme which affirms the Buddhist belief in a supernatural scheme of things.
