The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II


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(4.3 stars; 3 reviews)

The Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the greatest of them all. Almost 40 main characters and some 500 minor characters tell the fortunes of the Chia family; the book details mainly the life of Chia Pao-yü, the heir apparent, who is described as very intelligent, but also as carefree and self-indulging. The already wealthy Chia family rises to new heights when Pao-yü's elder sister becomes an imperial consort. On her first visit home, a lush garden is built, where much of the rest of the story takes place. The intrigues surrounding Pao-yü and his cousins, especially Lin Tai-yü who he loves, and Hsüeh Pao-ch'ai who he is finally tricked into marrying, make up a large part of the story. The decline of the Chia family begins with the death of the imperial consort, and when they fall into disfavour with the emperor, their mansions and the garden are eventually destroyed.

The whole book has 120 chapters, only 80 of which were written by Cao Xueqin before his death in 1764. Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E claimed to have access to Cao's papers, and published what is now known as the Cheng-Gao version in 1791. Henry Bencraft Joly translated only part of the book written by Cao. Book I contains the first 24 chapters, Book II ends abruptly with chapter 56; a Book III was never published. (29 hr 21 min)

Chapitres

Chapter XXV, Part 1 27:57 Lu par Ravi
Chapter XXV, Part 2 22:25 Lu par Silvi Roth
Chapter XXVI, Part 1 24:02 Lu par Silvi Roth
Chapter XXVI, Part 2 25:23 Lu par Silvi Roth
Chapter XXVII, Part 1 22:08 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXVII, Part 2 25:29 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXVIII, Part 1 39:03 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXVIII, Part 2 31:24 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXIX, Part 1 33:18 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXIX, Part 2 32:27 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXX, Part 1 18:00 Lu par Minn
Chapter XXX, Part 2 25:03 Lu par Rouyi
Chapter XXXI, Part 1 28:14 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXI, Part 2 22:31 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXII, Part 1 18:25 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XXXII, Part 2 21:59 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XXXIII 36:14 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XXXIV, Part 1 24:35 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XXXIV, Part 2 25:32 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XXXV, Part 1 27:53 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXV, Part 2 29:55 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXVI, Part 1 26:02 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXVI, Part 2 29:07 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXVII, Part 1 37:59 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXVII, Part 2 38:31 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XXXVIII, Part 1 26:54 Lu par Tina Ding
Chapter XXXVIII, Part 2 24:34 Lu par Tina Ding
Chapter XXXIX, Part 1 27:43 Lu par Mara Bella
Chapter XXXIX, Part 2 24:50 Lu par Mara Bella
Chapter XL, Part 1 35:01 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XL, Part 2 33:03 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLI, Part 1 22:55 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XLI, Part 2 22:09 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XLII, Part 1 28:58 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLII, Part 2 29:21 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLIII, Part 1 27:17 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLIII, Part 2 28:03 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLIV, Part 1 24:57 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLIV, Part 2 26:57 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLV, Part 1 31:08 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLV, Part 2 29:46 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLVI, Part 1 33:35 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLVI, Part 2 28:41 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLVII, Part 1 21:15 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XLVII, Part 2 27:35 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter XLVIII, Part 1 23:52 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLVIII, Part 2 26:17 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLIX, Part 1 27:25 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter XLIX, Part 2 27:06 Lu par DavidReader
Chapter L, Part 1 23:50 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter L, Part 2 29:22 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LI, Part 1 21:50 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LI, Part 2 27:33 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LII, Part 1 29:40 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LII, Part 2 26:52 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LIII, Part 1 30:23 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LIII, Part 2 31:56 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LIV, Part 1 28:08 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LIV, Part 2 33:23 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LV, Part 1 30:39 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LV, Part 2 30:30 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LVI, Part 1 33:56 Lu par Yuqing
Chapter LVI, Part 2 30:43 Lu par Yuqing

Critiques

Where are 3 and 4?


(5 stars)

wondering when rest will be read