A Dream of Red Mansions

A Dream of Red Mansions #3

by Cao Xueqin, Kao Ngo, Yang Xianyi (Translator)

"Reprinted from the 1992 edition"--T.p. verso.

Genres: Classics, Literature, Fiction, China, Historical Fiction, Historical, Chinese Literature

586 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1980

About the author

Xueqin Cao (Chinese: 曹雪芹; pinyin: Cáo Xuěqín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in, 1715 or 1724 — 1763 or 1764) was the pseudonym of a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
It has been suggested that his given name was Zhan Cao (曹霑) and his courtesy name is Mengruan (夢阮; 梦阮; literally "Dream about Ruan" or "Dream of Ruan")[...]

Reviews

[Alys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Considered to be one of the best translations (I also have the Chinese language versions). There are a few misspellings (eg. "wistaria"), but these do not lessen the readability. This comment is for the first edition, hardback, slip-cased edition, published by the Foreign Language Press, Peking, 1978. It uses alternate romanizations (Wade-Giles): Tsao Hsueh-Chin and Kao Ngo, illustrated by Tai Tun-Pang.

[James Violand · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a long read. As I had indicated in the reviews for Vols. I and II, the reader should understand that basically nothing happens (that is from a Western literature perspective). I suppose this work is similar to Downton Abbey, except with a much broader cast of characters and a vastly different tradition. If you want to lose yourself in a read and you don't want the mundane, this is the work for you.

[Caroline Weber · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third volume in this 3-volume set - it took me forever to read. About 2000 pages in all, with LOTS of characters. But i am really satisfied that I read this "story" from the 1700s/Qin Dynasty. It is such an interesting commentary on and glimpse of life at that time in China, and I have found references and "echos" as I continued my reading about China this year.

[Carol Palmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

see review under volume I

[Song Ngu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cái kết có hậu hơn trong phim.

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the most part not up to the same standard as the first 80 chapters Cao completed but it pulls through in the end

[Chris Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

11 months, 2000 pages, hundreds of characters, and not a moment felt wasted. Five stars, top to bottom.

[Keyboarddude · Rating 5 out of 5]

As basic as I am, I came to approach this series because of its title of “One of the four classical great novels of Chinese literature.”

This series is not only simply a story, but also full of endless details for Chinese history, literature, culture and philosophy that I can’t help to dig up and look further into up next.

That’s the beauty of these Chinese classics. The stories were often built with historical and cultural colors all around, and yet also including hints for us to look deeper into life, to pay deeper attention and find parallels to learn about what’s really going on in our own lifetime.

[Mitch Tam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flipping throughout the whole summer, as if had been living with the clan for months. An achievement of myself. Text written in Qin dynasty by Cao, I consent people who dedicated to research on the literature and even established a School of it LOL. Human. Tension and reaction between minds yet act in one in a whole. I was told savvy offered by this lit. varies in ages. Maybe, another stage of life, I will.

[Morris Yen · Rating 5 out of 5]

林黛玉就這樣沒了
令人難過