Title: CliffsNotes on Tsao Hsueh-chin's Dream of the Red Chamber
Description: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature.   CliffsNotes on Dream of the Red Chamber explores China's best-known novel, a massive, sprawling story set during the Ching Dynasty, China 's last feudal society.   Following the ups and downs of four leading aristocratic families, this study guide provides summaries and commentaries for each chapter within this wide-sweeping eighteenth-century novel. Other features that help you figure out this important work include    Introduction to and historical background on the novel  Background on the authors  Character list and selected genealogies  Critical essays on the significance and limitations of the novel  Suggested essay topics  Selected bibliography     Classic literature or modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Fiction, historical, general, Chia, pao-yu (fictitious character), fiction, China, fiction, Cao, xueqin, approximately 1717-1763
People: Xueqin Cao (ca. 1717-1763)