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, 24 May 2012
Chapter 71 - supercondensed
Lady Jia is exhausted by her extensive
birthday celebrations. Xifeng has two stewardesses detained, causing unrest
amongst the staff, and Lady Xing publicly humiliates her about it. Faithful
embarrasses Chess with her cousin.
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