#ReadingTheStone

Welcome to our NotAPodcast NotAClass Saturday chats on #ReadingTheStone - an experiment in collectively reading the 18th century Chinese masterwork Story of the Stone, aka Dream of The Red Chamber 紅樓夢 (Hongloumeng). Episodes are unedited and recorded live on TwitterSpaces or Zoom - follow Twitter account @ReadingTheStone or hashtag #ReadingTheStone to participate. To listen in chronological order, please take note of 'season' and 'episode' number. Additional materials housed at readingthestone.com. With Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Wai-Yee Li, Ann Waltner, and friends.

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#ReadingTheStone S2 Episode 9 On Baoyu's Farewell, and Ours - Reaching Chapter 120

March 11, 2023 • ReadingTheStone • Season 2 • Episode 9

[Originally recorded on 3-11-2023]

We recorded our first #ReadingTheStone Saturday chat on April 2, 2022, and now nearly 12 months later, we say farewell to Story of the Stone, as we reach Chapter 120 together. In this episode we explore the various 'happy endings' presented at the end of the fiction, and wonder how and if they responded to the questions posed by the text at the very beginning.

But we're not quite done with #ReadingTheStone! - next Saturday we will livestream from Boston, and we'll also be continuing with occasional future episodes on thematic topics - check back in with us, and we'll also keep you posted!

Thank you to all who have joined us in this adventure - Waiyee, Ann, and Eileen are deeply grateful.

Thanks for listening! Find us at readingthestone.com or @ReadingTheStone on Twitter.