Dream of the Red Chamber

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Dream of the Red Chamber

Novel by Cao Xueqin

Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone is an 18th-century Chinese novel authored by Cao Xueqin, considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Wikipedia

Author: Cao Xueqin

Characters: Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai, and more

Publication date: Mid-18th century (manuscripts); 1791 (first printed edition)

Genre: Family saga

Language: Chinese

Original title: 紅樓夢

Published in English: 1868, 1892; 1973–1980 (first complete English translation)