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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator), ,David Hawkes,, Paperback, 540 Pages, Published 1974 ISBN-10: 0-14-044293-6 / 0140442936 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044293-9 / 9780140442939 The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ether |