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Red Rose, White Rose by Eileen Chang [Chang, Eileen] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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There were two women in Zhenbao's life: one he called his white rose, the other his red rose. One was a spotless wife, the other a passionate mistress. Isn't that just how the average man describe a chaste widow's devotion to her husband's memory -- as spotless, and passionate too? Maybe every man has had two such women -- at least two. Marry a red rose and eventually she'll be a mosquito-blood streak smeared on the wall, while the white one is "moonlight in front of my bed." Marry a white rose, and before long she'll be a grain of sticky rice that's gotten stuck to your clothes; the red one, by then, is a scarlet beauty mark just over your heart. In Eileen Chang's eloquent and evocative novella, Zhenbao is a devoted son, a diligent worker, and guarded in love. But when he meets a friend's spoilt, spirited, desirable wife, he cannot resist her charms, or keep their relationship under his control. As he succumbs to passions and resentments, Red Rose, White Rose is both sensual and restrained

Who reads Red Rose, White Rose?

Author

Eileen Chang [Chang, Eileen]

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9782841720729

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (291 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13