This book adopts a comparative approach and bases its discussion on an intensive reading of the text. Through a strict discussion made from aspects such as the spirit of tragedy, eternal theme, interdependence of the false and the true, creation of typical characters, and depiction of women’s tragedy, this book holds that Eileen Chang inherited the traditions of A Dream of Red Mansions in her novel writing and traces out a clear route of the inheritance.
This book can be used by universities and research institutions as a reference for modern literature research or by readers interested in the studies on modern literature, Eileen Chang or A Dream of Red Mansions.

Tao Xiaohong, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the College of Chinese Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University. Ms. Tao’s research focuses on literature and second language teaching. She has hosted several of the university’s research projects and published quite a few academic papers on Eileen Chang and A Dream of Red Mansions respectively.