03896cam a2200817 4500 535859816 TxGeo 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307958419 0307958418 B006XWYGCW Amazon 1347443d-8132-4ec3-a8eb-8a333536e9de OverDrive (Reserve ID) 213551 213551 213551 720722 OverDrive (Product ID) TxGeo Chen, Pauline A. The Red Chamber [Libby]. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012. literary fiction. royalty. Historical. romance. Fiction. philosophy. novels. classic. love. love story. Historical Fiction. Women's Fiction. WWII. Historical Romance. feminism. Alternate History. fiction books. fantasy. book club recommendations. historical novels. romance books. romance novels. gifts for dad. books for women. classic books. historical fiction novels. mothers day gifts. gifts for mom. gifts for women. historical fiction books. gifts for her. gifts for him. books historical fiction. books fiction. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2387kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:In this lyrical reimagining of the Chinese classic <i>Dream of the Red Chamber,</i> set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing, the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion. When orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to take shelter with her cousins in the Capital, she is drawn into a world of opulent splendor, presided over by the ruthless, scheming Xifeng and the prim, repressed Baochai. As she learns the secrets behind their glittering façades, she finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue and hidden passions, reaching from the petty gossip of the servants’ quarters all the way to the Imperial Palace. When a political coup overthrows the emperor and plunges the once-mighty family into grinding poverty, each woman must choose between love and duty, friendship and survival.<br /> <br /> In this dazzling debut, Pauline A. Chen draws the reader deep into the secret, exquisite world of the... Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/134/744/3D/RedChamber9780307958419.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1347443D-8132-4EC3-A8EB-8A333536E9DE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/134/744/3D/RedChamber9780307958419.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1347443D-8132-4EC3-A8EB-8A333536E9DE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/134/744/3D/RedChamber9780307958419.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1347443D-8132-4EC3-A8EB-8A333536E9DE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) QS5