Cao Xueqin

The Story of the Stone

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Produktbeschreibung

For generations, the Jia family is held in high esteem but when they lose favor with the emperor, their luxury lifestyle comes to an end. The Story of the Stone focuses on internal and external conflicts that arise as they adjust to their unexpected plight. Jia Baoyu is heir to a prestigious family, that's held multiple imperial titles throughout the years. Despite their history and social standing, they are targeted by the emperor who strips them of their land and personal fortune. As the family's wealth wanes, the young Jia struggles with his affection for his cousin Lin Daiyu, as he's already engaged to Xue Baochai. It's a compelling romance drama set against the family's economic decline. Revered for centuries, The Story of the Stone is one of the Four Classic Novels in Chinese literature. It's a depiction of pre-modern times that is both bleak and illuminating. Cao Xueqin delivers a piercing commentary on the duplicity of the social and political structure. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Story of the Stone is both modern and readable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 1044
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 61mm
• Gewicht: 1229g
• ISBN-13: 9781513268927
• ISBN-10: 1513268929
• Artikelnr.: 61659513

Autorenporträt

Cao Xueqin (1715-1763) was born into a wealthy family that thrived during the Qing Dynasty. Following their patriarch's death, the family lost their fortune and moved to Beijing. It's there that Xueqin began creating his greatest work, The Story of the Stone, also known as Dream of the Red Chamber. Hand-copied versions were already circulating before its initial printing in 1791. It is a beloved novel and masterpiece within Chinese literature that gained massive acclaim after Xueqin's death.

Inhaltsangabe

The Story of the Stone Volume 5Note on Spelling
Preface
Chapter 99:
Unscrupulous minions make use of their master's virtue to conceal a
multitude of sins; and Jia Zheng is alarmed to read his nephew's name in
the 'Peking Gazette'
Chapter 100:
Caltrop disturbs an elaborate seduction and inspires bitter resentment;
Bao-yu learns of a distressing betrothal and laments an imminent departure
Chapter 101:
In Prospect Garden a moonlit apparition repeats an ancient warning; and a
Scattered Flowers Convent the fortune-sticks provide a strange omen
Chapter 102:
Illness descends upon the Jia family in Ning-guo House; and charms and holy
water are used to exorcize Prospect Garden
Chapter 103:
Jin-gui dies by her own hand, caught in a web of her own weaving; Yu-cun
encounters an old friend in vain, blind to the higher truths of Zen
Chapter 104:
Drunken Dime at large again - a small fish whips up a mighty storm; our
Besotted Hero in agony once more - a chance thrust quickens a numbed heart
Chapter 105:
The Embroidered Jackets raid Ning-guo House; and Censor Li impeaches the
Prefect of Ping-an
Chapter 106:
Wang Xi-feng feels remorse for the consequences of her past misdeeds; and
Grandmother Jia prays for the family's deliverence from further calamity
Chapter 107:
Impelled by family devotion, Grandmother Jia distributes her personal
posessions; favoured with an Imperial dispensation, Jia Zheng recieves his
bother's hereditary rank
Chapter 108:
A birthday party held for Sister Allspice necessitiates a false display of
jollity; and ghostly weeping heard at the Naiad's House provokes a frech
outburst of grief
Chapter 109:
Fivey shares a vigil, and receives affection meant for another; Ying-chun
pays her debt to fate, and returns to the Realm of Primordial Truth
Chapter 110:
Lady Jia ends her days, and returns to the land of shades; Wang Xi-feng
exhausts her strength, and forfeits the family's esteem
Chapter 111:
A devoted maid renders a final service, and accompanies her mistress to the
Great Void; a villainous slave takes his revenge, and betrays his masters
into the hands of theives
Chapter 112:
Admantina discharges a karmic debt and recieves a blow from the Hand of
Providence; Aunt Zhao concludes a deadly feud and sets out on the road to
the Nether World
Chapter 113:
Xi-feng repents of her former misdeeds, and entrusts her child to a village
dame; Nightengale softens a long-standing animosity, and warns to ter
besotted master
Chapter 114:
Wang Xi-feng ends her life's illusion and returns to Jinling; Zhen Ying-jia
recieves the Emperor's favour and is summoned to the Palace
Chapter 115:
A private obsessoin revived confirms Xi-chun in an ancient vow; a physical
likeness verified deprives Bao-yu of an imagines friend
Chapter 116:
Human destinies are revealed in a fairy realm, and the Stone is restored to
its rightful owner; mortal remains are transported to their terrestrial
home, and duty is discharged by a filial son
Chapter 117:
Two fair damsels conspire to save the jade, and forestall a flight from
earthy bondage; an infamous rogue takes charge of the mansion, and
assembles a gang of cronies
Chapter 118:
Provoked by a ranking antipathy, Uncle and Cousin plot the ruin of an
innocent maid; alarmed by riddling utterances, Wife and Concubine
remonstrate with their idiot master
Chapter 119:
Bao-yu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties: the House of
Jia receives Imperial favour and renews ancestral glory
Chapter 120:
Zhen Shi-yin expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion; and Jia Yu-cun
concludes the Dream of Golden Days
Characters in Volume 5
Genealogical Tables