The Story of the Stone, Volume III: The Warning Voice, Chapters 54-80 - Cao Xueqin
The Story of the Stone ( c . 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber , is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which The Warning Voice is the third, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely




