红楼梦 by Cao Xueqin
A richly textured family saga centered on a sensitive, rebellious young heir whose close relationships with two very different young women unfold amid the opulent but decaying world of a great aristocratic household. Through intimate portraits of dozens of relatives, servants and lovers, the novel charts the rise and fall of fortunes, explores conflicts between desire and duty, and offers penetrating satire and moral reflection on the rigidity and hypocrisy of elite society. Spiritual themes of illusion, fate and impermanence run alongside vivid domestic detail, making the work both a tragic love story and a sweeping social panorama.
- Published
- 1791
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 1,000–1,800
- Original Language
- Chinese
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(5.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- A Dream of Red Mansions
- Honglou Meng
- Shitou Ji (The Story of the Stone)
- The Red Chamber Dream
- The Story of the Stone
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