Cao, Xueqin 1717?-1763 creator Joly, H. Bencraft 1857-1898 text utu 2006 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book II" by Cao Xueqin is an 18th-century novel written in the 1740s until his death in 1763 or 1764. This masterwork chronicles the rise and decline of an aristocratic family in Qing dynasty China, exploring the lives of women the author knew in his youth. The novel delves into social relations, philosophical questions, and psychological depths while depicting a world of refined aesthetics and complex family dynamics that mirror the fate of the dynasty itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber Release date is 2006-01-01 Produced by Juliet Sutherland and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders Original publication data not identified Autobiographical fiction Domestic fiction China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763 -- Fiction Jia, Baoyu (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PL Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9604 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9604 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133234.0 9604