โ Scribed by Lisa See
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lisa See's Shanghai Girls.
"I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret."
For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own.
Peony's mother is against her daughter' s attending the production: "Unmarried girls should not be seen in public." But Peony' s father assures his wife that proprieties will be maintained, and that the women will watch the opera from behind a...
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