num_pages: 316
description: On her fortieth birthday Madam Wu, the wife of a member of an old and landed-class Chinese family, voluntarily retires from married life. She plans to select a concubine for her husband and live a freer life overseeing the house of Wu. The difficulties which ensue change the lives of all those within the "pavilion of women."
language: English
title: Pavilion of Women
titlecomplete: Pavilion of Women
genres: Fiction, Historical, Asia, Womens, China, Literature, Classics, Asian Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 14398
places: China
publisher: Moyer Bell