The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by David Hawkes, Cao Xueqin

The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

The Story of the Stone #1

David Hawkes, Cao Xueqin with Cao Xueqin (Translator)

542 pages • first pub 1760 (editions)

fiction classics adventurous slow-paced
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"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-ch...

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