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The Dream of the Red Chamber Book I

The Dream of the Red Chamber Book I

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Number of Chapters: 58

Length: 19 hours and 20 minutes

Language: English

The Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the greatest of them all. Almost 40 main characters and some 500 minor characters tell the fortunes of the Chia family; the book details mainly the life of Chia Pao-yü, the heir apparent, who is described as very intelligent, but also as carefree and self-indulging. The already wealthy Chia family rises to new heights when Pao-yü's elder sister becomes an imperial consort. On her first visit home, a lush garden is built, where much of the rest of the story takes place. The intrigues surrounding Pao-yü and his cousins, especially Lin Tai-yü who he loves, and Hsüeh Pao-ch'ai who he is finally tricked into marrying, make up a large part of the story. The decline of the Chia family begins with the death of the imperial consort, and when they fall into disfavour with the emperor, their mansions and the garden are eventually destroyed.

The whole book has 120 chapters, only 80 of which were written by Cao Xueqin before his death in 1764. Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E claimed to have access to Cao's papers, and published what is now known as the Cheng-Gao version in 1791. Henry Bencraft Joly translated only part of the book written by Cao. Book I contains the first 24 chapters, Book II ends abruptly with chapter 56; a Book III was never published.

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Preface and Chapter I, Part 1 (Jing Li)
Chapter I, Part 2 (Jing Li)
Chapter I, Part 3 (Jing Li)
Chapter II, Part 1 (Jing Li)
Chapter II, Part 2 (Jing Li)
Chapter III, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter III, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter III, Part 3 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter IV, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter IV, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter V, Part 1 (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
Chapter V, Part 2 (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
Chapter V, Part 3 (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
Chapter VI, Part 1 (Arie)
Chapter VI, Part 2 (Arie)
Chapter VII, Part 1 (Arie)
Chapter VII, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter VIII, Part 1 (Edmund Bloxam)
Chapter VIII, Part 2 (Edmund Bloxam)
Chapter IX, Part 1 (Jing Li)
Chapter IX, Part 2 (Jing Li)
Chapter X, Part 1 (Katharina Huang)
Chapter X, Part 2 (Katharina Huang)
Chapter XI, Part 1 (Mary J)
Chapter XI, Part 2 (Mary J)
Chapter XII, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XII, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XIII, Part 1 (Jing Li)
Chapter XIII, Part 2 (Jing Li)
Chapter XIV, Part 1 (Jing Li)
Chapter XIV, Part 2 (Jing Li)
Chapter XV, Part 1 (Jing Li)
Chapter XV, Part 2 (Jing Li)
Chapter XVI, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVI, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVI, Part 3 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVII, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVII, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVII, Part 3 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVII, Part 4 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVIII, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVIII, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XVIII, Part 3 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XIX, Part 1 (Lynn Lee)
Chapter XIX, Part 2 (Lynn Lee)
Chapter XIX, Part 3 (Lynn Lee)
Chapter XX, Part 1 (Lynn Lee)
Chapter XX, Part 2 (Lynn Lee)
Chapter XXI, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXI, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXII, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXII, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXII, Part 3 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXIII, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXIII, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXIV, Part 1 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXIV, Part 2 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
Chapter XXIV, Part 3 (Elizabeth Buchanan)
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