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Dream of the Red Chamber is a masterpiece of Chinese literature and
one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was composed in the
mid-18th century during the Qing Dynasty and is generally
acknowledged to be a pinnacle of Chinese fiction. The novel is
believed to be semi-autobiographical, mirroring the rise and decay
of author's own family and, by extension, of the Qing Dynasty. As
the author states in the first chapter, it is intended to be a
memorial to the women he knew in his youth - friends, relatives and
servants. At the center of the story is Bao-yu, a precocious,
spoiled, and undisciplined boy and his romantic affinity to his
poetry-loving, orphaned cousin, Dai-yu. The novel is remarkable not
only for its huge cast of characters and psychological scope, but
also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and
social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese aristocracy.
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The Miser (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Moliere
bundle available
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R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
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A Set of Six (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Joseph Conrad
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R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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Walden (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Henry David Thoreau
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R298
Discovery Miles 2 980
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First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau"s groundbreaking
"Walden" has influenced generations of readers and continues to
inspire and inform anyone with an open mind and a love of nature.
There is so much wisdom in Walden, it's impossible to digest it all
even in a dozen readings. Pithy lines and quotes by Henry David
Thoreau tend to the return to the reader over and over again, as
life rolls along. A favorite quote from Thoreau states that he
would be happy to live in a pine box, three feet by six feet, as
long as he could wake up every morning in the middle of nature.
When it came to simplicity and sustainability, Henry David Thoreau
was years ahead of his time. Walden, along with the journals of
Henry David Thoreau, constitute some of the most useful of and
timeless of all American literature.
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