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Total pages original book: 544
Includes a PDF summary of 56 pages
Duration of the summary (audio): 43M7S (11.2 MB)
Description or summary of the audiobook: `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, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.
Other categories, genre or collection: Fiction In Translation, Literary Studies: General, Contemporary Fiction, Classic Books & Novels