This book is read on to discover the daily life of Chinese women to 19 th century refinement of their lifestyle but also their confinement, foot binding in atrocious suffering, but without which no "good" marriage is only possible, their sidelining of men's lives and their status on the go if she did not give birth to male child! The possibility of concubines to dethrone you. One downside: if this book reads with great documentary interest is a passion for the little character of the two protagonists .This book lacks a little passion and remains distanced but still very interesting.
