{"product_id":"the-story-of-the-stone-or-the-dream-of-the-red-chamber-vol-1-the-golden-days-by-cao-xueqin-author-david-hawkes-translator","title":"The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin (Author), David Hawkes (Translator)","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780140442939\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin Classics, March 1974\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e540 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ec\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. 1760), also known by the title of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Dream of the Red Chamber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into five volumes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47591107657890,"sku":null,"price":240.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/images_11ccac4a-896b-4d10-b280-41364fac134d.jpg?v=1787816517","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-story-of-the-stone-or-the-dream-of-the-red-chamber-vol-1-the-golden-days-by-cao-xueqin-author-david-hawkes-translator","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}