Peony

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.