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Author : Cao Xueqin
Release : 2009-12-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Dream of the Red Chamber by : Cao Xueqin
Download or read book Dream of the Red Chamber written by Cao Xueqin. This book was released on 2009-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the four Chinese classics. The novel is semi-autobiographical and it gives an incredibly detailed insight into 18th-century life in China, particularly that of the aristocracy. The plot is grand in scale, peopled with a complex array of characters.
Author : Pauline A. Chen
Release : 2012-07-10
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Red Chamber by : Pauline A. Chen
Download or read book The Red Chamber written by Pauline A. Chen. This book was released on 2012-07-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lyrical reimagining of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing, the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion. When orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to take shelter with her cousins in the Capital, she is drawn into a world of opulent splendor, presided over by the ruthless, scheming Xifeng and the prim, repressed Baochai. As she learns the secrets behind their glittering façades, she finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue and hidden passions, reaching from the petty gossip of the servants’ quarters all the way to the Imperial Palace. When a political coup overthrows the emperor and plunges the once-mighty family into grinding poverty, each woman must choose between love and duty, friendship and survival. In this dazzling debut, Pauline A. Chen draws the reader deep into the secret, exquisite world of the women’s quarters of an aristocratic household, where the burnish of wealth and refinement mask a harsher truth: marriageable girls are traded like chattel for the family’s advancement, and to choose to love is to risk everything. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Author : Ruoxi Chen
Release : 2004-07-21
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition by : Ruoxi Chen
Download or read book The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition written by Ruoxi Chen. This book was released on 2004-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation A classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid eyewitness view of everyday life in China during the Cultural Revolution. For this edition, the text has been thoroughly revised and updated to Pinyin romanization. A new introduction reflects on the book's significance in the post-Tianamen era.
Author : Qiancheng Li
Release : 2003-12-31
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Fictions of Enlightenment by : Qiancheng Li
Download or read book Fictions of Enlightenment written by Qiancheng Li. This book was released on 2003-12-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictions of Enlightenment is the first book to examine the fascinating and intricate relationship between Buddhism and the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. Qiancheng Li brings Buddhist models to bear on the vision, structure, and narrative form of three classics of late imperial literature—Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber—arguing that by fashioning their plots after the narratives of certain Mahāyāna sutras, the novelists transformed Buddhist concepts into narrative structures. Within the traditional Chinese novel Li even defines a new genre: the fiction of enlightenment.
