The Story of the Stone, Volume II：The Crab-Flower Club红楼梦石头记，四本合售

图书标准信息

• 作者 Cao、David Hawkes 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1977-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140443264
• 定价 173.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 608页
• 正文语种 英语
• 原版书名 红楼梦

【内容简介】

"TheStoryoftheStone"(c.1760),alsoknownas"TheDreamoftheRedChamber",isoneofthegreatestnovelsofChineseliterature.ThefifthpartofCaoXueqin'smagnificentsaga,"TheDreamerAwakes",wascarefullyeditedandcompletedbyGaoEsomedecadeslater.ItcontinuesthestoryofthechangingfortunesoftheJiadynasty,focussingonBao-yu,nowmarriedtoBao-chai,afterthetragicdeathofhisbelovedDai-yu.Againstsuchworldlyelementsasdeath,financialruin,marriage,decadenceandcorruption,hiskarmicjourneyunfolds.Likeasleepwalkerthroughlife,Bao-yuisfinallyawakenedbyavision,whichrevealstohimthatlifeitselfismerelyadream,'asmoonlightmirroredinthewater'.

【作者简介】

CaoXueqin(?1715-63)wasbornintoafamilywhichforthreegenerationsheldtheofficeofCommissionerofImperialTextilesinNanking,afamilysowealthytheywereabletoentertaintheEmperorfourtimes.However,calamityovertookthemandtheirpropertywasconsfiscated.CaoXueqinwaslivinginpovertywhenhewrotehisfamousnovelTheStoryoftheStone.