The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes Sally Denton A rich appendix section ensures

A rich appendix section ensures that nothing's been left out-from "subjects for further research" to "everything rocks but nothing ever dies

She never imagined she would lose her mother to cancer

Without glamorizing poverty

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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes Sally Denton A rich appendix section ensuresThe Story of the Stone, also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes, 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