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The Story of the Stone: The Golden Days (Volume I)

Cao Xueqin

Penguin
Collection: The Story of the Stone
Publication date : 2012-08-30

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The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.

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Author

Cao Xueqin

Imprint

Penguin

Collection

The Story of the Stone

Publication date

2012-08-30

Pages

544 pages

Print ISBN

9780140442939

Language

English

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EAN EPUB

9780141935164

Price

£1.99

Copy count 54

Print count 54

File size 1178 Ko

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Cao Xueqin

Cao Xueqin (?1715-63) was born into a family which for three generations held the office of Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in Nanking, a family so wealthy they were able to entertain the Emperor four times. However, calamity overtook them and their property was consfiscated. Cao Xueqin was living in poverty when he wrote his famous novel The Story of the Stone.

David Hawkes was Professor of Chinese at Oxford University from 1959 - 1971 and a Research Fellow of All Souls College from 1973-1983. He now lives in retirement in Wales.

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