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The Story of the Stone: The Dreamer Wakes (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 StoneTells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 02 December 1986
- Format: Paperback 384 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Sagas | Historical Fiction | Fiction In Translation
- ISBN 13: 9780140443721 ISBN 10: 014044372X
- Sales rank: 57,287
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Full description for The Story of the Stone
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dream of the Red Chamber", is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, "The Dreamer Awakes", was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to him that life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in the water'.
