The Story of the Stone, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club |  | Author: Cao Xueqin
Creator: David Hawkes
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 608
Number Of Items: 2
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0140443266
Dewey Decimal Number: 895.134
EAN: 9780140443264
ASIN: 0140443266
Publication Date: September 29, 1977
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"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dream of the Red Chamber", is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, "The Dreamer Awakes", was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It 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'.
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Following Volume 1... September 24, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
...comes "The Crab-Flower Club", the second part of "The Story of the Stone". The author continues to immerse the reader in the everyday details of upper-class life in Qing China, but expect more character development than plot development in this volume. Definitely moves at a slower pace than Volume 1.
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