Cao Xueqin and A Dream of Red Mansions Ep 3 Yet Born in Time of Twilight and Decay

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The Prospect Garden, a picturesque paradise, is the setting for much of the story in A Dream of Red Mansions. Mainly inhabited by bright, vivacious, intelligent and passionate girls, it’s a beautiful dream-like place. But just beneath the idyllic surface lurk the conflicts and vengeances of the real world.