Intimate China (1899)

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » March 1st, 2014, 7:45 pm

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43456
Writer is Mrs. Archibald Little. I did a little digging and found that she had been a romance novelist when she was younger, then married Mr. Little, a Canadian businessman. Mrs. Little made a name for herself in China as a leader in the anti-footbinding movement, which she talks about in this interesting book, accented with her own photographs of local life. I believe she was a feminist and/or suffragette as well.

I'm kind of busy right now but I wouldn't mind BC'ing this down the line, unless some lady -- and I think this should be recorded by one or more women -- wants to solo on it. I have recorded one chapter already for the current non-fic collection, Life in a Chinese City.

Post by **MaryAnnSpiegel** » March 1st, 2014, 8:57 pm

BT - She also wrote this book - given her history and the title, I wonder if it is a romance . . .

https://archive.org/details/cu31924023399144

MaryAnn

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » March 2nd, 2014, 2:48 am

BT - She also wrote this book - given her history and the title, I wonder if it is a romance . . .

Definitely fiction - and the beginning is very prettily written.

Ruth

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » March 31st, 2014, 11:16 am

Agreed, this would be a very nice read! Well found…

David