And we're leaving out some key books like The Lord of the Rings and The Count of Monte Cristo-the former because its original serialization makes it difficult to quantify, and the latter because its age makes it difficult to find reliable sources.ĭid your favorites make the list? How well do you think that the quality matches up with the quantity sold? Let us know in the comments. That means religious texts, self-help guides, political tools, and other reference texts are out-the Bible and Mao Tse Tung's Little Red Book would both be in the Top 25. Gao and translated by David Hawkes and John Minford. The Story of the Stone, also known as Hong Lou Meng or Dream of the Red Chamber, is one of the four great Chinese novels. The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber. So here is what we came up with, with a few self-imposed rules: Begin reading the following selected chapters in Cao, Xueqin. There are too many variables-too many known unknowns-that make it difficult to create something definitive. Combine this with inaccurate record-keeping, and publishers who exaggerate their sales as a means of promotion, and we have no way of determining exact counts, let alone with enough accuracy to make an indisputable list. Xueqin Cao (Chinese: pinyin: Cáo Xuqín WadeGiles: Tsao Hsueh-chin, 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.
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