Dream of the Red Chamber
by Tsao Hsueh-Chin
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0385093799
- ISBN 13
- 9780385093798
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About This Item
Anchor. Used - Acceptable. Paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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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- Bookseller
- St. Vinnie's Charitable Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J-07-3599
- Title
- Dream of the Red Chamber
- Author
- Tsao Hsueh-Chin
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385093799
- ISBN 13
- 9780385093798
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- October 20, 1958
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