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Xueqin Cao (Chinese: 曹雪芹; pinyin: Cáo Xuěqín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in, 1715 or 1724 — 1763 or 1764) was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Zhan Cao (曹霑) and his courtesy name is Mengruan (夢阮; 梦阮; literally "Dream about Ruan" or "Dream of Ruan")[...] ...more

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	Dream of the Red Chamber 4.17 avg rating — 5,570 ratings — published 1761 — 456 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 2,201 ratings — published 1791 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 1791 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.46 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 1791 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears by Cao Xueqin, Gao E (Editor), John Minford (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1791 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes by Cao Xueqin, Gao E (Editor), John Minford (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 1791 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dream of Red Mansions (Volume I) by Cao Xueqin, Kao Ngo, Yang Xianyi (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 159 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sueño en el pabellón rojo. Vol I (Rústica) by Cao Xueqin, Zhao Zhenjiang (Translator), José Antonio García Sánchez (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 109 ratings — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hong lou meng. English (Book 2) by Cao Xueqin, Henry Bencraft Joly 4.10 avg rating — 63 ratings — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	紅樓夢（上） 4.57 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Cao Xueqin (?)

“The cunning waste their pains;
The wise men vex their brains;
But the simpleton, who seeks no gains,
With belly full, he wanders free
As drifting boat upon the sea.”
― Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

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“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true;
Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real.”
― Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

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“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true. Real becomes Not-Real when the Unreal's Real.”
― Cao Xuequin

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2nd Quarter (April - June) 2024 Long Read Poll

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1868, 1392 pages

95 votes, 49.0%

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1962, 658 pages

23 votes, 11.9%

Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore, 1869, 800 pages

21 votes, 10.8%

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, 1995, 624 pages

20 votes, 10.3%

A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin, 1791, 599 pages

16 votes, 8.2%

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages

13 votes, 6.7%

Gone To Soldiers: A Novel by Marge Piercy, 1987, 651 pages

6 votes, 3.1%

194 total votes

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