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Buy the dream of the red chamber penguin classics 60s s. It tells the story of baoyu, man in love with his talented and fragile cousin daiyu, a penniless young woman who depends on his family for support. There are two dukes in the family duke ningkuo and duke jungkuo. A short introduction of the dream of the red chamber. Hung lou meng the dream of the red chamberbook 2 ebook. It details the decline of the jia family as it blends realism and romance, psychological motivation and fate, and daily life and supernatural occurrences. Cao xueqin was a qing dynasty chinese writer, best known as the author of dream of the red chamber, one of the four great classical novels of chinese literature. As riveting as any soap opera, it can also be read as a study of 18th century chinese manners, or as a buddhist allegory. The dream of the red chamber by xueqin cao part 1 audiobook. The crabflower clubpaperback dream of the red chamberpaperback. Read hung lou meng the dream of the red chamber book 2 by cao xueqin available from rakuten kobo.

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