讲述了在整个封建社会和贾家二府不断走向衰弱的大环境下，主人公贾宝玉和林黛玉因遭受封建礼教的束缚而不能在一起，*终导致阴阳隔绝的爱情悲剧。本书是我国历代文学书中受到评价、待遇*的一本书籍，其不仅在文学方面，而且在许多其他方面的成就也很高，如医学、饮食、服装、绘画等等。本书是针对外国读者的改编故事版。 Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone, is the greatest masterpiece of Chinese classical novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties with the most profound influence on later generations. Jia Baoyu experienced the great changes from flourishing to decline of a noble family and thus gained unique perception of life and the mortal world. Revolving around Jia Baoyu and focusing on the tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, the novel portrays a tragedy in which love, youth and life are ruined as well as exposes and profoundly reflects the root of the tragedy - the feudal system and culture.

该系列图书精选自中国古代经典小说名著，为方便外国读者理解，专门请有关专家对原著进行缩写改编，内容涵盖原著中有代表性的情节和故事，通过这些可读性强的故事传达出其中蕴含的中国传统文化精髓，吸引国外读者的阅读和探究兴趣，出版后特别受到国外读者喜爱。

ContentsCHAPTER 1Jia Yucun finds that poverty is not incompatible with romanceCHAPTER 2The bottle-gourd girl meets an unfortunate young manCHAPTER 3Jia Baoyu conducts his first experiment in the Art of LoveCHAPTER 4Jia Baoyu visits the Ningguo Mansion and has an agreeable meeting with Qinshis brotherCHAPTER 5Jia Rui conceives an illicit passion for his attractive cousinCHAPTER 6Jia Baoyu is presented to the Prince of Beijing during a roadside haltCHAPTER 7Qin Zhong is summoned for a premature departure on the journey into NightCHAPTER 8Rongguo Mansion readies itself for an important visitorCHAPTER 9A very earnest young woman offers counsel by nightCHAPTER 10Baoyu finds Zen enlightenment in an operatic ariaCHAPTER 11The Quiet-voiced Girl provides fantastical material by losing her handkerchiefCHAPTER 12A beauty perspires after some sport with butterflies by the Raindrop PavilionCHAPTER 13Baoyu demonstrates confusion of mind by making his declaration to the wrong personCHAPTER 14A wordless message meets with silent understandingCHAPTER 15Baoyu tastes some superior tea at Green Bower HermitageCHAPTER 16Xifengs jealousy is the cause of an unexpected provocationCHAPTER 17The One deluded in love turns his thoughts to trade and travelCHAPTER 18Ningguo Mansion makes sacrifice to their ancestors on New Years EveCHAPTER 19Nightingale tests Jade Boy with a startling messageCHAPTER 20Baoyu owns up to a crime he did not commitCHAPTER 21Jia Lians second marriage is celebrated in secretCHAPTER 22A scheming woman kills with a borrowed knifeCHAPTER 23Midnight revelers are startled by a sound of evil omenCHAPTER 24Yingchuns parents betroth her to a Zhongshan wolfCHAPTER 25Baoyus betrothal is discussed for the first timeCHAPTER 26Pursuing lust, Moonbeam evolves an artful stratagemCHAPTER 27Lin Daiyu burns her poems to signal the end of her hearts follyCHAPTER 28Jingui dies by her own hand, caught in a web of her own constructionCHAPTER 29Ghostly weeping heard at the Naiads House provokes a fresh outburst of griefCHAPTER 30Human destinies are revealed in a fairy realm, and the Stone is restored to its rightful ownerCHAPTER 31Baoyu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties