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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763.     Subjects     Families -- China -- Fiction.     Upper class -- China -- 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...      Hung lou meng. Engli...       by call number:      FICTION CAO v.5     Search the Web     Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763.     Families -- China -- Fiction.     Upper class -- China -- 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. 5, The dreamer wakes : 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, 1986. Call #: FICTION CAO v.5 Subjects Families -- China -- Fiction.   Upper class -- China -- 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:  9780140443721 (trade pbk.) 014044372X (trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Hung lou meng. English. Alternate title:  Dreamer wakes Dream of the Red Chamber. Vol. 5, The dreamer wakes. Dream of red mansions. Vol. 5, The dreamer wakes. Description:  383 p. : geneal. tables ; 20 cm. Notes:  Translation of: Hung lou meng. "In five volumes"--T.p. [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 five continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to him that life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in the water'. 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.5 Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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