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The Red Chamber – Pauline A. Chen

In the spring of 1721 Lin Daiyu and her father are nearing the end of the Forty-Nine Days Mourning, keeping vigil beside her mother’s coffin.  A strange man appears, like them, wearing mourning robes of un-dyed hemp.  At first her … Continue reading

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