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It is the final days of the Chinese empire. Trade in opium with Europe is slowly corroding the power of the Ch'ing Dynasty. Orchid, a beautiful seventeen-year-old from an aristocratic but impoverished family, is pushed into the maelstrom when she finds herself unexpectedly chosen to become a lower-ranking concubine of the Emperor.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and overwhelming.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Anchee Min
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Hougton Mifflin, Bloomsbury Publishing, Recorded Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781402572029
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