Hong Lou Meng is one of the most beautiful and important novels in world literature, but, well... it's a bit long. And a bit dense, especially in translation. So I'll be posting an English summary, a chapter per day, a supercondensed summary and maybe other thoughts or articles.
I use the 1791 Cheng-Gao version, simplified characters, pinyin and Hawkes' English character names, as they are so much more evocative and distinctive.
Whether you're a student, a literary fan, or just curious, enjoy.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Chapter 47 - supercondensed
Lady Jia admonishes Lady Xing and shouts at
She over Faithful. Pan is led on, then beaten and humiliated by an actor friend
of Baoyu’s, Liu Xianglian. Jia Rong
finds him and brings him back; Caltrop and Aunt Xue are upset and angry.
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