1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. 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. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature.ĭivided into five volumes, of which The Warning Voice is the third, 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).
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I feel like the side stories served a purpose. Most of the time, I want the main story, and get frustrated by the fact that the story keeps getting off track, but not this time. I also really enjoyed the little side stories about the characters. There were so many possible scenarios going on, that the number of suspects was continually growing, and answers came from an unexpected source. When the answer to a mystery is obvious early on in a book, it is hard to find the desire to read it until the end. I really was not expecting the ending, which made it a fun read. Along the way, a humorous cast of characters is introduced and the truth about what really happened is slowly revealed. He doesn’t believe the official story, and is determined to find out what really happened. When one of the scientists die under mysterious circumstances, twelve-year-old Dash is convinced that something is up. Space Case is a futuristic book following a group of families that live on the moon. 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He left his old society and founded a new one where he hopes, one day, to be able to be a gay, black Viking without the jibes and personality conflicts that kept him in the closet so far. Martin Deng is a history teacher, and a Viking re-enacter. This second book in the series gives us two more interesting characters, and a fun immersion in the world of historical re-enactment. |