Book guide
Peony in Love
A forbidden glimpse at an opera launches a love story that refuses to end at death.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalTragic love storyLiteraryTragic love storyLiterarySelf-discoveryFantasyMythology
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About Peony in Love
In seventeenth-century China, cloistered Peony is betrothed to a man she has never met when a performance of The Peony Pavilion awakens desire and longing. Lisa See’s novel follows love, destiny, the afterworld, and women’s struggle to have their words remembered.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- eating disorder
- starvation
- death
- foot binding
- nonconsensual sex
- pregnancy loss
- misogyny
