Dear Readers -
our chat will take a break this week - but we would like to resume *next Saturday 8/20 11amET* to gather our energy for reading into the fall!
For 8/20, let's all have read through Chapter 45?

[Baoyu fanart 贾宝玉风雪山神庙 🖌:画画-Q on weibo]

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2022-08-13

Also: friend shared with me these rather startling Water Margin/ Red Chamber crossover fanart pieces!

Clockwise from top left: Daiyu, Baochai, Matriarch Jia, and Granny Liu 👀
林黛玉倒拔垂杨柳 薛宝钗拳打镇关西
八十万禁军教头贾母 刘姥姥初尝云雨情

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2022-08-07


Finally got my hands on Qing Dynasty painter Sun Wen’s complete illustrations of 红楼梦! You have probably come across one of these gorgeous, amazingly detailed paintings, but didn’t know there are 240 of them. Guess which chapters these paintings are based on!

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2022-05-12

Our next Saturday chat 4/30 11am ET will continue discussion of Ch 5 and Ch 6:
Baoyu’s erotic awakening in dreamland and IRL (as it were), and a fuller intro to HLM’s two most colorful characters: Wang Xifeng and Grannie Liu.
Post your reading thoughts and Qs!

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2022-04-29