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The Red Chamber
The Red Chamber | Pauline A. Chen
6 posts | 5 read | 9 to read
In 18th-century China, the beautiful orphan Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to seek shelter with her mother's family in Beijing. At Rongguo Mansion, she is drawn into a world of luxury, as well as a complex web of secret rivalries. When she falls in love with the family's brilliant, unpredictable heir, she finds the forces of the family and convention arrayed against her.
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youcanneverreadtomuch
The Red Chamber | Pauline A. Chen
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Bailedbailed

Terrible; first book in a long time that I couldn't even finish.

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LibraryCin
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Mehso-so

I thought this was good, although it took some time to try to sort out all the characters, with the Chinese names, and I was listening to the audio, so I couldn‘t really check back for clarification. So, that took some time. Not that I can really compare it to the original (apparently, the ending was lost), but I thought Chen did a really good job of telling the story that she did. I also like the way she ended it.

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LeahBergen
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#ChinaGrove
This is a modern retelling of the Chinese classic novel, The Dream of the Red Chamber (and, thanks to this prompt, I'm reminded that I still need to read it 😉).
#RockinMay

Cinfhen Sounds promising 😍 7y
Well-ReadNeck Stacked! 7y
Izai.Amorim Great cover, including font. (Zapfino ?) Don't see very often. I find it very elegant. 7y
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Yellowpigeon It is one of my absolute favorites💚💜❤️💙💛🖤 7y
LeahBergen @Izai.Amorim I like this font, too. 😀 7y
LeahBergen @Yellowpigeon Oh, good! 😀 7y
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Yellowpigeon
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Because I suck at following directions and the only thing I love more than books by Asians/ Asian Americans is wine, I have two books. This one which is a reimagining of Dreams of Red Chambers. Much more accessible and, I felt, more relatable characters. The other, in comments, is about courtesans in Shanghai. Their lives, and the various connected men, were so fascinating. Love love love

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Yellowpigeon
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When you have a Chinese minor, love Murakami and are general obsessed with Asia, your #booksbyasianauthors shelf is a bit much. While composing this shot, my husband told me (he grew up in China and has a deeper understanding of these books) that the author of Outlaws of the Marsh was the teacher to the author of Romance of the a Three Kingdoms.

Yellowpigeon Continued. The author of Outlaws was unable to finish before his death. So Three Kingdoms author finished it. The emperor at the time thought the books were rebellious and blocked their publication. Probably due to the fact they were commanding the rebellions against the dynasty. 😁 steps off history nerd soap box 8y
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RealLifeReading
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#readjanuary day 18: #royals

I was scouring my virtual shelves for books about non-western royalty and found these:

Tale of Genji - 11th c classic. Court life of Heian, Japan (TBR)
In the Shadow of the Banyan - fiction. members of the Cambodian royal family during the civil war
The Glass Palace - historical fiction. The last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar
The Red Chamber - retelling of Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber

LeahBergen I have The Red Chamber on my shelf. 8y
JoRead Love all kind of royalty but I'm glad you took it in a different route 😍 8y
kammartinez I really should get myself a copy of The Red Chamber. And I read The Genji during October every year XD. 8y
Chachic What a great idea to feature non-Western royalty! 8y
ValerieAndBooks These look interesting. And my TBR list has exploded after this prompt! 8y
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