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Peony

A Novel of China

by Pearl S. Buck

Narrator Kirsten Potter

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Length 12 hours 31 minutes

Language English

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Summary

Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid - an awkward role in which she is more a servant, but less a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for him and her devotion to her adoptive family unfolds in this profound tale, based on true events in China over a century ago.

Classics Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction - Literary

Audiobook details

Author Pearl S. Buck

Narrator Kirsten Potter

ISBN 9781608148257

Length 12 hours 31 minutes

Language English

Publisher Oasis Audio

Publication date February 22, 2011

Edition Unabridged

Genres Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction & Fiction - Literary

Reviews

"Peony has the vividness of scene and episode and character and the colorful detail that Pearl Buck's readers have come to expect of her novels in China."
-New York Herald Tribune

"There is great simplicity in the telling of this tale. Perhaps it is expected, but it is nonetheless splendid."
-Saturday Review of Literature

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