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Peony has just turned sixteen and is ready to marry the husband she has been betrothed to by birth, even though she has never once met him. On the outside, she is an obedient daughter content with being locked in her house by her family for her entire life; on the inside, Peony secretly longs for passion, adventure, and an opportunity to see the outside world, much like the heroine of ''[[
Then, during a performance of ''The Peony Pavilion'', Peony sees a handsome man, and [[Love At First Sight]] ensues.
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Between Peony and Wu Ren.
** A sight unseen [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] if {{spoiler|Peony hadn't died}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Ascend to
* [[Bookworm]]: Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
* [[Character Tics]]: Peony's mother is often seen fiddling with her set of house keys, especially when she's nervous or agitated.
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* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Lisa See's really [[Shown Their Work|shown her work]]. The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted throughout the book as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and seen as a sign of defiance to the Manchus, while the talk of a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family very accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time.
** Interestingly enough, this book also manages to convey feminist themes, with the abundance of poetry written by women and the extremely prevalent theme that all women want to be heard and have a voice.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Peony}} almost goes into one after {{spoiler|her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''[[
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Peony starves herself to death to avoid her [[Arranged Marriage]], unknowing that her husband-to-be is actually the man she's in love with.}}
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Peony [[Driven to Madness|completely loses it]] on Tan Ze and Ren's wedding night. However, she calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[Ice Queen|coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|making Ren's marriage successful.]]
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