e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
More Content
More by this author
Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763.
Subjects
Families -- China -- Fiction.
Upper class -- China -- Fiction.
Buddhist legends -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- China -- Fiction.
China -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763.
by title:
The story of the sto...
Hong lou meng. Engli...
by call number:
FICTION CAO v.4
Search the Web
Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763.
Families -- China -- Fiction.
Upper class -- China -- Fiction.
Buddhist legends -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- China -- Fiction.
China -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction.
MARC Display
The
story
of the
stone
.
Vol
.
4
, The
debt
of
tears
: a
Chinese
novel
by
Cao
Xueqin
in
five
volumes
/ edited by Gao E ; translated by John Minford.
by
Cao
,
Xueqin
, approximately 1717-1763.
Penguin Books, 1982.
Call #:
FICTION
CAO
v.
4
Subjects
Families -- China -- Fiction.
Upper class -- China -- Fiction.
Buddhist legends -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- China -- Fiction.
China -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction.
Series
Penguin classics.
URL856
Online reading guide.
ISBN:
9780140443714 (trade pbk.)
0140443711 (trade pbk.)
Uniform title:
Hong lou meng. English.
Alternate title:
Debt
of
tears
Dream of the Red Chamber.
Vol
.
4
, The
debt
of
tears
.
Dream of red mansions.
Vol
.
4
, The
debt
of
tears
.
Description:
398 p. : geneal. tables ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"In
five
volumes
"--T.p.
Translation of: Hong lou meng.
[The
Story
of the
Stone
is divided into
five
volumes
in this translation for Penguin Classics. The first three, translated by David Hawkes, are the original 80 chapter work which circulated in various partial manuscripts, possibly before as well as after
Cao
Xueqin
's death in 1764. The last two, translated by John Minford, are the 40 chapter conclusion published in 1791, supposedly edited by Gao E from
Cao
's notes. Hawkes, in his introduction to volume one, suggests they were edited by a family member before being used by Gao E. Minford, in his introduction to volume four, suggests they were based on an earlier version of the full work.]
Translated from the
Chinese
.
Summary:
Volume four charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a
story
which closely accords with the fortunes of the author's own family). The two main characters, Bao-yu and Dai-yu, are set against a rich tapestry of humour, realistic detail and delicate poetry, which accurately reflects the ritualized hurly-burly of
Chinese
family life. But over and above the
novel
hangs the constant reminder that there is another plane of existence a theme, which affirms the Buddhist belief in a supernatural scheme of things.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Family saga.
Chinese
fiction -- Translations into English.
Other authors:
Gao, E, approximately 1738-approximately 1815.
Hawkes, David.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Central Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION CAO v.4
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.