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Xueqin Cao (Chinese: 曹雪芹; pinyin: Cáo Xuěqín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in, 1715 or 1724 — 1763 or 1764) was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Zhan Cao (曹霑) and his courtesy name is Mengruan (夢阮; 梦阮; literally "Dream about Ruan" or "Dream of Ruan")[...] ...more

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	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 2,164 ratings — published 1791 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 902 ratings — published 1791 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.45 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1791 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears by Cao Xueqin, Gao E (Editor), John Minford (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 1791 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes by Cao Xueqin, Gao E (Editor), John Minford (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 658 ratings — published 1791 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dream of Red Mansions (Volume I) by Cao Xueqin, Kao Ngo, Yang Xianyi (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 153 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1761 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sueño en el pabellón rojo. Vol I (Rústica) by Cao Xueqin, Zhao Zhenjiang (Translator), José Antonio García Sánchez (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 105 ratings — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hong lou meng. English (Book 2) by Cao Xueqin, Henry Bencraft Joly 4.08 avg rating — 62 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	紅樓夢（上） 4.57 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The cunning waste their pains;
The wise men vex their brains;
But the simpleton, who seeks no gains,
With belly full, he wanders free
As drifting boat upon the sea.”
― Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

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“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true;
Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real.”
― Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

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“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true. Real becomes Not-Real when the Unreal's Real.”
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, 378 pages, 1893

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31 votes, 15.3%

The Elder Edda by Unknown, 384 pages, 1270

28 votes, 13.8%

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20 votes, 9.9%

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