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The Dream of the Red Chamber

For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations. Chi-chen Wang's translation is skillful, accurate and fascinating.

Genre
historical fictionromance
Themes
traveldiversity
Setting
chinaasia
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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