About the book
A masterpiece of world literature, Honglou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763) is widely considered China's greatest novel and serves as a compendium of traditional Chinese life and culture during the Qing Dynasty. This guide offers a comprehensive introduction and overview to Honglou Meng, providing more than 200 alphabetical entries describing characters, key events and a wide range of topics, with discussion of important themes and narrative techniques. A brief biography of Cao is included, along with a history of Chinese and English critical receptions, an extensive bibliography and recommended reading.
Editions of Reading Dream of the Red Chamber
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- ISBN 9781476681146
- EBook
- ISBN 9781476645827
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A masterpiece of world literature, Honglou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763) is widely considered China's greatest novel and serves as a compendium of traditional Chinese life and culture during the Qing Dynasty. This guide offers a comprehensive introduction and overview to Honglou Meng, providing more than 200 alphabetical entries describing characters, key events and a wide range of topics, with discussion of important themes and narrative techniques. A brief biography of Cao is included, along with a history of Chinese and English critical receptions, an extensive bibliography and recommended reading.
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What is Reading Dream of the Red Chamber about?
A masterpiece of world literature, Honglou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763) is widely considered China's greatest novel and serves as a compendium of traditional Chinese life and culture during the Qing Dynasty. This guide offers a comprehensive introduction and overview to Honglou Meng, providing more than 200 alphabetical entries describing characters, key events and a wide range of topics, with discussion of important themes and narrative techniques. A brief biography of Cao is included, along with a history of Chinese and English critical receptions, an extensive bibliography and recommended reading.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Reading Dream of the Red Chamber?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
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How long is Reading Dream of the Red Chamber and how many pages does it have?
Reading Dream of the Red Chamber has 280 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Reading Dream of the Red Chamber?
Ronald R. Gray
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Reading Dream of the Red Chamber is available as paperback(ISBN 9781476681146) and ebook(ISBN 9781476645827)
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