Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber
Title | Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Cambria Press |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1621968367 |
Dream of the Red Chamber
Title | Dream of the Red Chamber PDF eBook |
Author | Cao Xueqin |
Publisher | The Floating Press |
Total Pages | 2120 |
Release | 2009-12-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1775416747 |
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.
The Red Chamber
Title | The Red Chamber PDF eBook |
Author | Pauline A. Chen |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 402 |
Release | 2013-04-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307946568 |
In eighteenth-century China, the beautiful orphan Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to seek shelter with her mother's family in Beijing. At Rongguo Mansion, she is drawn into a world of sumptuous feasts, silken robes, and sparkling jewels—as well as a complex web of secret rivalries and intrigues that threatens to trap her at every turn. When she falls in love with Baoyu, the family's brilliant, unpredictable heir, she finds the forces of the family and convention arrayed against her, and must risk everything to follow her heart. Based on the epic Dream of the Red Chamber—one of the most famous love stories in Chinese literature—this novel recasts a timeless tale for Western audiences to discover.
The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition
Title | The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Ruoxi Chen |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2004-07-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780253216908 |
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.
A Dream of Red Mansions
Title | A Dream of Red Mansions PDF eBook |
Author | Zhou Kexi |
Publisher | Shanghai Press |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2010-09-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781602200043 |
This exquisite edition of A Dream of Red Mansions features a rare set of Qing Dynasty paintings by Sun Wen. This collector's edition features a complete set of Sun Wen's 230 paintings in splendid color, printed on fine paper. Condensed text from the original novel accompanies each of the paintings and offers a wonderful insight and a brief summary of each of the 120 chapters. This rare edition will be a keepsake for many generations, and is perfect for gift-giving and presentations. The original paintings are presently preserved in Lvshun Museum, Dalian, China.
Fictions of Enlightenment
Title | Fictions of Enlightenment PDF eBook |
Author | Qiancheng Li |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 274 |
Release | 2003-12-31 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780824825973 |
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.
The Dream of Red Chamber
Title | The Dream of Red Chamber PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 271 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9787508538624 |