Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel - Paperback

by H. Bencraft Joly (Translator), Cao (Author)

Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the four Chinese classics. The novel is semi-autobiographical and it gives an incredibly detailed insight into 18th-century life in China, particularly that of the aristocracy. The plot is grand in scale, peopled with a complex array of characters.