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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... Doris , Doris who had always been sacrificed because she , Kitty , was expected to make the brilliant match , would not fail to crow over her . Kitty's heart sank . BUT xi UT one afternoon when she was walking home from Harrod's she ...
... Doris , Doris who had always been sacrificed because she , Kitty , was expected to make the brilliant match , would not fail to crow over her . Kitty's heart sank . BUT xi UT one afternoon when she was walking home from Harrod's she ...
Page 40
... Doris was to be married in November . He would be on his way to China then and if she mar- ried him she would be with him . It wouldn't be very nice to be a bridesmaid at Doris's wedding . She would be glad to escape that . And then Doris ...
... Doris was to be married in November . He would be on his way to China then and if she mar- ried him she would be with him . It wouldn't be very nice to be a bridesmaid at Doris's wedding . She would be glad to escape that . And then Doris ...
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... Doris's confinement . The little boy weighed so and so much and his paternal grand- father said he had never seen a finer child . Doris was expecting again and they hoped for another boy in order to make the succession to the baronetcy ...
... Doris's confinement . The little boy weighed so and so much and his paternal grand- father said he had never seen a finer child . Doris was expecting again and they hoped for another boy in order to make the succession to the baronetcy ...
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