Hung Lou Meng, Book I - Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Hung Lou Meng, Book I, by Cao XueqinCopyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloadingor redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook.This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do notchange or edit the header without written permission.Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of thisfile. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can alsofind out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved.**Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts****eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971*******These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!*****Title: Hung Lou Meng, Book IAuthor: Cao XueqinRelease Date: January, 2006 [EBook #9603] [This file was first posted on October 9, 2003]Edition: 10Language: English*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, HUNG LOU MENG, BOOK I ***E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and Project Gutenberg Distributed ProofreadersEditors note: This novel is divided into two books, of which this is Book I. Book II (7hlm210.txt, 7hlm210.zip, 8hlm210.txt,or 8hllm210.zip) will be found in our etext05 directory (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext05/).HUNG ...