| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
471 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes "Reading Group Gold" section (p. [2-13], and reading group guide (p. [12-13]). |
| Summary |
Li-Xia, the daughter of a young concubine to an old silk farmer in rural Chine, escapes her destiny of becoming a concubine by outwitting her father's orders to bind her feet and running away with an English sea captain, and takes her first steps towards fulfilling her mother's dream of becoming a scholar. |
| Subject |
Women -- China -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
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China -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780312355210 |
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0312355211 |
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