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luis vaz de CaMÕes
1525 – 1580, Portugese
The Lusiads
Translated with an Introduction by
William C. Atkinson
The ten cantos that make up The Lusiads
form the backbone of the classical
literature of Portugal.
256 pp. 978-0-14-044026-3 $12.00
Cao xueqin
c. 1715 – 1763, Chinese
The Story of the Stone
Also known as The Dream of the
Red Chamber
Divided into five volumes, The Story of the
Stone charts the glory and decline of the
illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates
the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese
family life that would otherwise be lost
and infuses it with affirming Buddhist
belief.
“indisputably the greatest masterpiece . . . of
all the Chinese novels.”
—the new y o r k review o f b o o k s
The Story of the Stone
Volume 1: The Golden Days
(Chapters 1–26)
Translated with an Introduction by
David Hawkes
544 pp. 978-0-14-044293-9 $17.00
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The Story of the Stone
Volume 2: The Crab-Flower Club
(Chapters 27–53)
Translated with an Introduction by
David Hawkes
608 pp. 978-0-14-044326-4 $17.00
The Story of the Stone
Volume 3: The Warning Voice
(Chapters 54–80)
Translated with an Introduction by
David Hawkes
640 pp. 978-0-14-044370-7 $17.00
The Story of the Stone
Volume 4: The Debt of Tears
(Chapters 81–98)
Edited by Gao E and Translated with an
Introduction by John Minford
400 pp. 978-0-14-044371-4 $17.00
The Story of the Stone
Volume 5: The Dreamer Wakes
(Chapters 99–120)
Edited by Gao E and Translated with a
Preface by John Minford
384 pp. 978-0-14-044372-1 $16.00
Cao xueqin
Cao Xueqin was born in 1715 into a family that for three generations held the
office of Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in Nanking. But calamity overtook
them and their property was confiscated. Cao Xueqin was living in poverty near
Peking when he wrote his famous novel The Story of the Stone, the most popular
book in all of Chinese literature. It was not published until thirty years after his
death in 1763.