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The Dream of the Red Chamber Book II

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The Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the greatest of them all. Almost 40 main characters and some 500 minor characters tell the fortunes of the Chia family; the book details mainly the life of Chia Pao-yü, the heir apparent, who is described as very intelligent, but also as carefree and self-indulging. The already wealthy Chia family rises to new heights when Pao-yü's elder sister becomes an imperial consort. On her first visit home, a lush garden is built, where much of the rest of the story takes place. The intrigues surrounding Pao-yü and his cousins, especially Lin Tai-yü who he loves, and Hsüeh Pao-ch'ai who he is finally tricked into marrying, make up a large part of the story. The decline of the Chia family begins with the death of the imperial consort, and when they fall into disfavour with the emperor, their mansions and the garden are eventually destroyed.

The whole book has 120 chapters, only 80 of which were written by Cao Xueqin before his death in 1764. Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E claimed to have access to Cao's papers, and published what is now known as the Cheng-Gao version in 1791. Henry Bencraft Joly translated only part of the book written by Cao. Book I contains the first 24 chapters, Book II ends abruptly with chapter 56; a Book III was never published. (29 hr 21 min)

Chapters

Chapter XXV, Part 1

27:57

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Chapter XXV, Part 2

22:25

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Chapter XXVI, Part 1

24:02

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Chapter XXVI, Part 2

25:23

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Chapter XXVII, Part 1

22:08

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Chapter XXVII, Part 2

25:29

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Chapter XXVIII, Part 1

39:03

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Chapter XXVIII, Part 2

31:24

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Chapter XXIX, Part 1

33:18

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Chapter XXIX, Part 2

32:27

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Chapter XXX, Part 1

18:00

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Chapter XXX, Part 2

25:03

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Chapter XXXI, Part 1

28:14

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Chapter XXXI, Part 2

22:31

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Chapter XXXII, Part 1

18:25

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Chapter XXXII, Part 2

21:59

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Chapter XXXIII

36:14

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Chapter XXXIV, Part 1

24:35

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Chapter XXXIV, Part 2

25:32

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Chapter XXXV, Part 1

27:53

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Chapter XXXV, Part 2

29:55

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Chapter XXXVI, Part 1

26:02

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Chapter XXXVI, Part 2

29:07

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Chapter XXXVII, Part 1

37:59

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Chapter XXXVII, Part 2

38:31

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Chapter XXXVIII, Part 1

26:54

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Chapter XXXVIII, Part 2

24:34

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Chapter XXXIX, Part 1

27:43

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Chapter XXXIX, Part 2

24:50

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Chapter XL, Part 1

35:01

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Chapter XL, Part 2

33:03

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Chapter XLI, Part 1

22:55

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Chapter XLI, Part 2

22:09

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Chapter XLII, Part 1

28:58

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Chapter XLII, Part 2

29:21

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Chapter XLIII, Part 1

27:17

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Chapter XLIII, Part 2

28:03

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Chapter XLIV, Part 1

24:57

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Chapter XLIV, Part 2

26:57

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Chapter XLV, Part 1

31:08

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Chapter XLV, Part 2

29:46

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Chapter XLVI, Part 1

33:35

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Chapter XLVI, Part 2

28:41

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Chapter XLVII, Part 1

21:15

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Chapter XLVII, Part 2

27:35

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Chapter XLVIII, Part 1

23:52

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Chapter XLVIII, Part 2

26:17

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Chapter XLIX, Part 1

27:25

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Chapter XLIX, Part 2

27:06

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Chapter L, Part 1

23:50

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Chapter L, Part 2

29:22

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Chapter LI, Part 1

21:50

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Chapter LI, Part 2

27:33

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Chapter LII, Part 1

29:40

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Chapter LII, Part 2

26:52

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Chapter LIII, Part 1

30:23

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Chapter LIII, Part 2

31:56

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Chapter LIV, Part 1

28:08

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Chapter LIV, Part 2

33:23

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Chapter LV, Part 1

30:39

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Chapter LV, Part 2

30:30

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Chapter LVI, Part 1

33:56

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Chapter LVI, Part 2

30:43

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