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The Dream of the Red Chamber

Cao Xueqin

356 pages

About this book

For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations. Chi-chen Wang's translation is skillful, accurate and fascinating.

Themes
Heartfelt & EmotionalMelancholic & NostalgicThought-ProvokingMysteriousFragility of Human RelationshipsDecline of a DynastyThe Illusion of WealthThe Power of Memory
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