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Can I read The Golden Days: The story of the stone, or The dream of the red chamber, Volume 1 on EtoBox?
The Golden Days: The story of the stone, or The dream of the red chamber, Volume 1 by Cao Xueqin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Golden Days: The story of the stone, or The dream of the red chamber, Volume 1 about?
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, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief.This item contains all 5 volumes of the David Hawkes translation but none of the paratextual material (introduction, pronunciation notes, and even some of the "prefaces" that are part of the work may be missing).
Who reads The Golden Days: The story of the stone, or The dream of the red chamber, Volume 1?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Cao Xueqin
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 1974
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253192615
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.23 / 5 (1,221 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14