The Story of the Stone

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3451140431
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14.99
book_author_name: 
Cao Xueqin
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Penguin Books Ltd
published_date: 
13/12/1973
isbn: 
9780140442939
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Books > Fiction > Classic fiction
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Cao Xueqin|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|13/12/1973
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9780140442939
Book Description: 
The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.
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