Collection
Genres
Status
Available
Description
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. --from publisher description.
Publication
Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1973-1986.
ISBN
9780140442939
Language
Original language
Chinese
Original publication date
1791