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This celebrated Chinese classical novel is a masterpiece of realism written in the middle of the eighteen century during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty. It takes as its background the decline of four great noble families and deals with the tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. the novel provides a comprehensive and faithful picture of the social reality of the time, exposes the corrupt and iniquitous nature of feudal society and wrathfully denounces the crimes of the feudal autocratic system.Xueqin, Cao is the author of 'A Dream of Red Mansions (3 Volume Set) (v. 1)', published 1995 under ISBN 9787119016436 and ISBN 7119016431.
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