Dream Continues in the Red Chamber

Author: Hu Nan
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Hu Nan, a talented woman from Sichuan, mastered Dream of the Red Chamber at the age of twelve. Dissatisfied with Gao E's continuation of the last forty chapters, she began to rewrite the story at the age of fifteen. After three revisions, she completed Continuing the Dream of the Red Chamber. This book picks up where the original eighty chapters by Cao Xueqin end, starting from the tragic events of Yingchun being abused to death by Sun Shaogu and the maidservant Caixia refusing marriage by slitting her throat. It vividly and delicately depicts the later plotlines repeatedly hinted at in Cao's original work and the, such as Tanchun's distant marriage, Xiangyun's dispersal, Baoyu's journey to the frontier with his father, Daiyu's return to the heavens of sorrow, Yuanchun's perilous encounter with the tiger and rabbit, Wang Xifeng's resignation to fate yet heroic resilience, Xiren's marriage to Jiang Yuhan, the raid on Ning and Rong Mansions, Xichun's entry into the Buddhist order, the solace of Baoyu in the Temple of Gods and Demons, Wang Xifeng's tragic end in Jinling, Liu Laolao's rescue of Qiaojie, and Jia Baoyu's siege of the felt tent on a snowy night. The writing style closely resembles Cao's original, with well-structured plots and lifelike character portrayals. It is one of the eighteen known modern and ancient continuations of Dream of the Red Chamber, offering fresh and distinctive insights.