The Story of the Stone (Volume IV)(English, Paperback, Xueqin Cao)

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The Story of the Stone (Volume IV)(English, Paperback, Xueqin Cao) is written by Xueqin Cao and published by Penguin Books Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0140443711 (ISBN 10) and 9780140443714 (ISBN 13).

The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which The Debt of Tears is the fourth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the author's own family). The two main characters, Bao-yu and Dai-yu, are set against a rich tapestry of humour, realistic detail and delicate poetry, which accurately reflects the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life. But over and above the novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another plane of existence - a theme which affirms the Buddhist belief in a supernatural scheme of things.