The red chamber

By Pauline Chen

Subjects: Women, Fiction, women, Beijing (China) History 18th century Fiction, Women China History 18th century Fiction, Friendship, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Female friendship, Fiction, Beijing (china), fiction, History, China, fiction

Description: When the orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to seek shelter with her cousins in Beijing, she is drawn into a world of opulent splendor presided over by the ruthless, scheming Xifeng and the prim, repressed Baochai. As she learns the secrets behind their glittering facades, she is tangled in a web of intrigue reaching all the way to the Emperor's Palace, and finds herself no longer able to distinguish friend from foe.