Cao Xueqin

The Story of the Stone, Volume V

The Dreamer Wakes, Chapters 99-120
Übersetzer: Minford, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• The Story of the Stone
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• 5 ed
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780140443721
• ISBN-10: 014044372X
• Artikelnr.: 21370100

Autorenporträt

Cao Xueqin and Gao E; Translated with a Preface by John Minford

Inhaltsangabe

The Story of the Stone Volume 5Note on Spelling
Preface
Chapter 99:
Unscrupulous minions make use of their master's virtue to conceal a
multitude of sins; and Jia Zheng is alarmed to read his nephew's name in
the 'Peking Gazette'
Chapter 100:
Caltrop disturbs an elaborate seduction and inspires bitter resentment;
Bao-yu learns of a distressing betrothal and laments an imminent departure
Chapter 101:
In Prospect Garden a moonlit apparition repeats an ancient warning; and a
Scattered Flowers Convent the fortune-sticks provide a strange omen
Chapter 102:
Illness descends upon the Jia family in Ning-guo House; and charms and holy
water are used to exorcize Prospect Garden
Chapter 103:
Jin-gui dies by her own hand, caught in a web of her own weaving; Yu-cun
encounters an old friend in vain, blind to the higher truths of Zen
Chapter 104:
Drunken Dime at large again - a small fish whips up a mighty storm; our
Besotted Hero in agony once more - a chance thrust quickens a numbed heart
Chapter 105:
The Embroidered Jackets raid Ning-guo House; and Censor Li impeaches the
Prefect of Ping-an
Chapter 106:
Wang Xi-feng feels remorse for the consequences of her past misdeeds; and
Grandmother Jia prays for the family's deliverence from further calamity
Chapter 107:
Impelled by family devotion, Grandmother Jia distributes her personal
posessions; favoured with an Imperial dispensation, Jia Zheng recieves his
bother's hereditary rank
Chapter 108:
A birthday party held for Sister Allspice necessitiates a false display of
jollity; and ghostly weeping heard at the Naiad's House provokes a frech
outburst of grief
Chapter 109:
Fivey shares a vigil, and receives affection meant for another; Ying-chun
pays her debt to fate, and returns to the Realm of Primordial Truth
Chapter 110:
Lady Jia ends her days, and returns to the land of shades; Wang Xi-feng
exhausts her strength, and forfeits the family's esteem
Chapter 111:
A devoted maid renders a final service, and accompanies her mistress to the
Great Void; a villainous slave takes his revenge, and betrays his masters
into the hands of theives
Chapter 112:
Admantina discharges a karmic debt and recieves a blow from the Hand of
Providence; Aunt Zhao concludes a deadly feud and sets out on the road to
the Nether World
Chapter 113:
Xi-feng repents of her former misdeeds, and entrusts her child to a village
dame; Nightengale softens a long-standing animosity, and warns to ter
besotted master
Chapter 114:
Wang Xi-feng ends her life's illusion and returns to Jinling; Zhen Ying-jia
recieves the Emperor's favour and is summoned to the Palace
Chapter 115:
A private obsessoin revived confirms Xi-chun in an ancient vow; a physical
likeness verified deprives Bao-yu of an imagines friend
Chapter 116:
Human destinies are revealed in a fairy realm, and the Stone is restored to
its rightful owner; mortal remains are transported to their terrestrial
home, and duty is discharged by a filial son
Chapter 117:
Two fair damsels conspire to save the jade, and forestall a flight from
earthy bondage; an infamous rogue takes charge of the mansion, and
assembles a gang of cronies
Chapter 118:
Provoked by a ranking antipathy, Uncle and Cousin plot the ruin of an
innocent maid; alarmed by riddling utterances, Wife and Concubine
remonstrate with their idiot master
Chapter 119:
Bao-yu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties: the House of
Jia receives Imperial favour and renews ancestral glory
Chapter 120:
Zhen Shi-yin expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion; and Jia Yu-cun
concludes the Dream of Golden Days
Characters in Volume 5
Genealogical Tables