Abridged Chinese Classic Series: A Dream of Red Mansions

by Cao Xueqin

王国振编著的《红楼梦故事(西班牙文版)》讲述了在整个封建社会和贾家二府不断走向衰弱的大环境下，主人公贾宝玉和林黛玉因遭受封建礼教的束缚而不能在一起，最终导致阴阳隔绝的爱情悲剧。本书是我国历代文学书中受到评价、待遇最高的一本书籍，其不仅在文学方面，而且在许多其他方面的成就也很高，如医学、饮食、服装、绘画等等。

Genres: China

Paperback

Published January 11, 2019

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

[Mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this beter than I did. Having read another in this series that was a level below. I thought I'd try this one. Hongloumeng is my favourite novel of all time. I've read it translated, dual language, lianhuanhua, and lots of different kids versions. The reason I'm giving this a 3 out of 5 is it just isn't a good representation of the story. Rather than retell in detail different parts of the story, it does very general overview which removes all the interesting parts and characterisation. Definitely not the way I would recommend reading this story. I got about 2/3rds of the way through. There is at least good vocabularly help, overview and cultural context.