Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book II

Name: Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book II
Author: Xueqin Cao

by Xueqin Cao

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Duration

~24 hours (1430K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

Release date

2006-01-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Autobiographical fiction Domestic fiction China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763 -- Fiction Jia, Baoyu (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

About the author

Xueqin Cao

1715–1763

Best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, this Qing dynasty writer created one of the most admired novels in Chinese literature. His work blends family drama, social observation, and deep feeling in a way that still draws readers in centuries later.

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