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Dreamer Wakes Vol. 5 : The Story of the Stone, Chapters 99-120

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Dreamer Wakes Vol. 5 : The Story of the Stone, Chapters 99-120

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ISBN 13:
9780140443721
ISBN 10:
014044372X
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/02/1986
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Summary

Divided into five volumes, of which The Dreamer Wakes is the fifth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of Cao Xuequin's own family).

Note on Spelling

(4)

Preface

(4)

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'

(15)

Caltrop distrubs an elaborate seduction and inspires bitter resentment

Bao-yu learns of a distressing betrothal and laments an imminent departure

(13)

In Prospect Garden a moonlit apparition repeats an ancient warning

and at Scattered Flowers Convent the fortune-sticks provide a strange omen

(18)

Illness descends upon the Jia family in Ning-guo House

and charms and holy water are used to exorcize Prospect Garden

(14)

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

(17)

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

(16)

The Embroidered Jackets raid Ning-guo House

and Censor Li impeaches the Prefect of Ping-an

112

(14)

Wang Xi-feng feels remorse for the consequences of her past misdeeds

and Grandmother Jia prays for the family's deliverance from further calamity

126

(14)

Impelled by family devotion, Grandmother Jia distributes her personal possessions

favoured with an Imperial dispensation, Jia Zheng receives his brother's hereditary rank

140

(16)

A birthday party held for Sister Allspice necessitates a false display of jollity

and ghostly weeping heard at the Naiad's House provokes a fresh outburst of grief

156

(16)

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

172

(20)

Lady Jia ends her days, and returns to the land of shades

Wang Xi-feng exhausts her strength, and forfeits the family's esteem

192

(15)

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 thieves

207

(17)

Adamantina discharges a karmic debt and receives a blow from the Hand of Providence

Aunt Zhao concludes a deadly feud and sets out on the road to the Nether World

224

(17)

Xi-feng repents of her former misdeeds, and entrusts her child to a village dame

Nightingale softens a long-standing animosity, and warms to her besotted master

241

(15)

Wang Xi-feng ends her life's illusion and returns to Jinling

Zhen Ying-jia receives the Emperor's favour and is summoned to the Palace

256

(12)

A private obsession revived confirms Xi-chun in an ancient vow

a physical likeness verified deprives Bao-yu of an imagined friend

268

(16)

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

284

(17)

Two fair damsels conspire to save the jade, and forestall a flight from earthly bondage

an infamous rogue takes charge of the mansion, and assembles a gang of cronies

301

(17)

Provoked by a rankling antipathy, Uncle and Cousin plot the ruin of an innocent maid

alarmed by riddling utterances, Wife and Concubine remonstrate with their idiot master

318

(67)

Bao-yu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties

the House of Jia receives Imperial favour and renews ancestral glory

385

Zhen Shi-yin expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion

and Jia Yu-cun concludes the Dream of Golden Days

357

(20)

Characters in Volume 5

377

(7)

Genealogical Tables

384

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Dreamer Wakes Vol. 5 : The Story of the Stone, Chapters 99-120

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014044372X

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