The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II


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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)

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

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