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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2009
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Dream of the Red Chamber

1 - The Dream of the Red Chamber (Jan-2010)
2 - A Dream of Red Mansion (Jan-2011)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • For generations, the Jia family is held in high esteem but when they lose favor with the emperor, their luxury lifestyle comes to an end. The Story of the Stone focuses on internal and external conflicts that arise as they adjust to their unexpected ...



  • The classic eighteenth-century saga -- a masterpiece of Chinese literature -- about an aristocratic family and a forbidden love during the Qing dynasty. Considered one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature, The Dream of the Red Ch...



  • The classic tale of the Ning and Rong families, Chinese aristocrats on the wrong side of the wheel of fate. Starring Baoyu, a character unique in literature, the young man who finds his own kind filthy, and seeks only the company of women. With chara...



  • "The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dream of the Red Chamber", is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, "The Dreamer Awakes", was carefully edited and completed by Gao E ...



  • The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature.Divided into five volumes, of which The Debt of Tears is the fourth, it charts the glory and decline of the...



  • The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes, was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some d...



  • The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, hi...



  • Hung Lou Meng - book 1 author: Cao Xueqin One thing alone marred his happiness. He had lived over half a century and had, as yet, no male offspring around his knees. He had one only child, a daughter, whose infant name was Ying Lien. She was just thr...



  • One of the great novels of world literature…to the Chinese as Proust is to the French or Karamazov to the Russians. —Anthony West, literary criticDream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is renowned for its epic sc...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cao Xueqin has published 9 books.

Cao Xueqin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dream of the Red Chamber: The Epic Story of Women's Lives in Imperial China, was published in August 2023.

The first book by Cao Xueqin, Story of the Stone, was published in July 2009.

Yes. Cao Xueqin has 1 series.