DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER
by Tsao Hsueh-Chin
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
Anchor Books, 1958. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.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), 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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- Title
- DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER
- Author
- Tsao Hsueh-Chin
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Date Published
- 1958
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