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An adventurer and travel writer returns to the bohemian community he left years before. He is an avowed bachelor, but surprises himself and his friends when he falls in love.
England argues that women's letters can provide unique insights into historical events. To illustrate she quotes extracts from the revealing, and often moving, letters of a Chinese noblewoman, Kwei-li.