The Red Chamber - Chen, Pauline A
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In 18th-century China, the beautiful orphan Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to seek shelter with her mother's family in Beijing. At Rongguo Mansion, she is drawn into a world of luxury, as well as a complex web of secret rivalries. When she falls in love with the family's brilliant, unpredictable heir, she finds the forces of the family and convention arrayed against her.

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Produktbeschreibung
In 18th-century China, the beautiful orphan Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to seek shelter with her mother's family in Beijing. At Rongguo Mansion, she is drawn into a world of luxury, as well as a complex web of secret rivalries. When she falls in love with the family's brilliant, unpredictable heir, she finds the forces of the family and convention arrayed against her.
Autorenporträt
Pauline A. Chen earned her B.A. in classics from Harvard, her J.D. from Yale Law, and her Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from Princeton. She has taught Chinese language, literature, and film at the University of Minnesota and Oberlin College. She is also the author of the children's novel Peiling and the Chicken-Fried Christmas.