The Painted VeilSet in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive. |
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... Chinese cook , of hot weather , a reef and a lagoon , and we are in Samoa . Sunshine , coolies , rickshaws , a Chinese clerk , an electric fan , and we are in Singapore . These scenes are set with an immaculate discretion . And of ...
... Chinese cook , of hot weather , a reef and a lagoon , and we are in Samoa . Sunshine , coolies , rickshaws , a Chinese clerk , an electric fan , and we are in Singapore . These scenes are set with an immaculate discretion . And of ...
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... Chinese officials in Mei - tan - fu and at the cholera which decimated the city . He could not tell a tragic story or one of heroism without making it faintly absurd . He had many anecdotes of his adventures during twenty years in China ...
... Chinese officials in Mei - tan - fu and at the cholera which decimated the city . He could not tell a tragic story or one of heroism without making it faintly absurd . He had many anecdotes of his adventures during twenty years in China ...
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... Chinese street , but here was the litter of weeks , garbage and refuse ; and the stench was so horrible that she had to put her handkerchief to her face . Passing through Chinese cities she had been in- commoded by the staring of the ...
... Chinese street , but here was the litter of weeks , garbage and refuse ; and the stench was so horrible that she had to put her handkerchief to her face . Passing through Chinese cities she had been in- commoded by the staring of the ...
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