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Beautiful, charismatic, and destructive May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur. Even as a member of the Foot Emancipation Society, he finds himself immediately and helplessly seduced …

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Beautiful, charismatic, and destructive May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur. Even as a member of the Foot Emancipation Society, he finds himself immediately and helplessly seduced by the sight of her bound feet.

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"Beautiful, charismatic, and destructive May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur. Even as a member of the …"

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