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The Story of the Stone : the Debt of Tears (Volume IV) by Cao Xueqin(曹雪芹),Translated by David Hawkes(大卫•霍克斯)and John Minford(约翰•闵福德) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature.Divided into five volumes, of which The Debt of Tears is the fourth, The Story of the Stone 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.

Who reads The Story of the Stone : the Debt of Tears (Volume IV)?

Author

Cao Xueqin(曹雪芹),Translated by David Hawkes(大卫•霍克斯)and John Minford(约翰•闵福德)

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141968919

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Fiction, Classics