The Dream Of The Red Chamber, Hung Lou Meng: A Chinese Novel Of The Early Ching Period

By Cao Xueqin

Book Overview

In a fading great house of Qing dynasty China, love becomes both a blessing and a sentence. Here, desire collides with duty. The Dream of the Red Chamber (Hung Lou Meng) unfolds the decline of a noble family at the heart of the imperial China aristocracy, weaving tragic love and fate with piercing observation of arranged marriage and society. Written in the 18th century, this classic Chinese novel blends intimate emotion, social satire, and spiritual reflection into a vast portrait of a world at a moment of profound change. Long recognised as one of the great pillars of Chinese literature and a cornerstone of any Chinese literature classics collection, this 18th century literary classic offers psychological depth, intricate family dynamics, and a haunting meditation on transience. Its rich cast of scholars, servants, and kin lays bare private passions and public obligations in a society obsessed with rank, poetry, and appearances, making it essential world literature course reading, a rewarding discovery for fans of Tolstoy and sweeping family epics, and a natural centrepiece of any world classics collection. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354443133
• ISBN13: 9789354443138
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"