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Reviewed on June 15, 2012 | Fiction
The 2,500-page, 18th-century classic Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin is considered China's most important work of fiction. Chen (Peiling and the Chicken-Fried Christmas, for middle-grade readers) tackles the daunting task of adapting the revered original text. Chen chooses three women to tell the story of the prominent Jia family: controlling granddaughter-in-law...Log In or Sign Up to Read More