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100 1 _aCao, Xueqin,
_d1717?-1763
240 1 0 _aHong lou meng. English
245 1 0 _aHung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber
500 _aRelease date is 2006-01-01
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders
520 _a"Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I" by Cao Xueqin is an 18th-century novel written in the 1740s. This masterpiece chronicles the rise and decline of an aristocratic Chinese family during the Qing dynasty. While depicting patriarchal power and social relations, Cao crafted the work as a memorial to the women of his youth. The novel explores profound religious and philosophical questions through intricate plotting and poetic language, offering intimate observations of 18th-century Chinese worldview, aesthetics, and lifestyles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAutobiographical fiction
653 _aDomestic fiction
653 _aChina -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction
653 _aCao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763 -- Fiction
653 _aJia, Baoyu (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
700 1 _aJoly, H. Bencraft,
_d1857-1898
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9603
999 _c51296
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