The Story of the Stone
by Hughart, Barry
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
First mass market paperback edition (reprinted from the hardback), Near Fine copy with a line at heel, two shallow chips to back edges, and foxing to inside covers, but no spine creasing. The second Master Li and Number Ten Ox novel. Highly recommended.
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
- Lame Excuse Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LP3498
- Title
- The Story of the Stone
- Author
- Hughart, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Mass market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Spectra,
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy;
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