{"product_id":"the-story-of-the-stone-volume-v-isbn-9780140443721","title":"The Story of the Stone, Volume V","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, also known by the title of \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of the Red Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamer Awakes\u003c\/i\u003e, was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to him that life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in the water'.\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.The Story of the Stone Volume 5Note on Spelling\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 99:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnscrupulous minions make use of their master's virtue to conceal a multitude of sins; and Jia Zheng is alarmed to read his nephew's name in the 'Peking Gazette'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 100:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaltrop disturbs an elaborate seduction and inspires bitter resentment; Bao-yu learns of a distressing betrothal and laments an imminent departure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 101:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Prospect Garden a moonlit apparition repeats an ancient warning; and a Scattered Flowers Convent the fortune-sticks provide a strange omen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 102:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllness descends upon the Jia family in Ning-guo House; and charms and holy water are used to exorcize Prospect Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 103:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJin-gui dies by her own hand, caught in a web of her own weaving; Yu-cun encounters an old friend in vain, blind to the higher truths of Zen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 104:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrunken Dime at large again - a small fish whips up a mighty storm; our Besotted Hero in agony once more - a chance thrust quickens a numbed heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 105:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Embroidered Jackets raid Ning-guo House; and Censor Li impeaches the Prefect of Ping-an\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 106:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWang Xi-feng feels remorse for the consequences of her past misdeeds; and Grandmother Jia prays for the family's deliverence from further calamity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 107:\u003cbr\u003eImpelled by family devotion, Grandmother Jia distributes her personal posessions; favoured with an Imperial dispensation, Jia Zheng recieves his bother's hereditary rank\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 108:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA birthday party held for Sister Allspice necessitiates a false display of jollity; and ghostly weeping heard at the Naiad's House provokes a frech outburst of grief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 109:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFivey shares a vigil, and receives affection meant for another; Ying-chun pays her debt to fate, and returns to the Realm of Primordial Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 110:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLady Jia ends her days, and returns to the land of shades; Wang Xi-feng exhausts her strength, and forfeits the family's esteem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 111:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA devoted maid renders a final service, and accompanies her mistress to the Great Void; a villainous slave takes his revenge, and betrays his masters into the hands of theives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 112:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdmantina discharges a karmic debt and recieves a blow from the Hand of Providence; Aunt Zhao concludes a deadly feud and sets out on the road to the Nether World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 113:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eXi-feng repents of her former misdeeds, and entrusts her child to a village dame; Nightengale softens a long-standing animosity, and warns to ter besotted master\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 114:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWang Xi-feng ends her life's illusion and returns to Jinling; Zhen Ying-jia recieves the Emperor's favour and is summoned to the Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 115:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA private obsessoin revived confirms Xi-chun in an ancient vow; a physical likeness verified deprives Bao-yu of an imagines friend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 116:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman destinies are revealed in a fairy realm, and the Stone is restored to its rightful owner; mortal remains are transported to their terrestrial home, and duty is discharged by a filial son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 117:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo fair damsels conspire to save the jade, and forestall a flight from earthy bondage; an infamous rogue takes charge of the mansion, and assembles a gang of cronies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 118:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvoked by a ranking antipathy, Uncle and Cousin plot the ruin of an innocent maid; alarmed by riddling utterances, Wife and Concubine remonstrate with their idiot master\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 119:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBao-yu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties: the House of Jia receives Imperial favour and renews ancestral glory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 120:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZhen Shi-yin expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion; and Jia Yu-cun concludes the Dream of Golden Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters in Volume 5\u003cbr\u003eGenealogical Tables\u003c\/p\u003e“Filled with classical allusions, multilayered wordplay, and delightful poetry, Cao’s novel is a testament to what Chinese literature was capable of. Readers of English are fortunate to have David Hawkes and John Minford’s \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, which distills a lifetime of scholarship and reading into what is probably the finest work of Chinese-to-English literary translation yet produced. You will be rewarded every bit of attention you give it, many times over.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupChina,\u003c\/i\u003e “The 100 China Books You Have to Read, Ranked” (#1)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCao Xueqin\u003c\/b\u003e (1715-63) was born into a family which for three generations held the office of Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in Nanking, a family so wealthy they were able to entertain the Emperor four times.  However, calamity overtook them and their property was consfiscated.  Cao Xueqin was living in poverty when he wrote his famous novel\u003ci\u003e The Story of the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e.Also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302120739045,"sku":"NP9780140443721","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140443721.jpg?v=1767741685","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-story-of-the-stone-volume-v-isbn-9780140443721","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}