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.
Monday, 28 May 2012
Chapter 72 - supercondensed
Xifeng is ill, but money matters are
pressing. She asks Brightie to start
calling in loans in return for brokering her son’s marriage to Sunset. Most are
lukewarm on the marriage, especially Sunset. Zheng won’t consent to her
marrying Huan.
No comments:
Post a Comment