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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Page 25
... bore her disappointment with fortitude . The fact of her husband's standing had brought her in con- tact with a number of prominent persons and she appreciated the addition to her social consequence . She knew that Bernard would never ...
... bore her disappointment with fortitude . The fact of her husband's standing had brought her in con- tact with a number of prominent persons and she appreciated the addition to her social consequence . She knew that Bernard would never ...
Page 180
... bore one . " " I have no experience of the plural , " he replied . " Mine is only in the singular . " " Is she really an Imperial Princess ? " " No , that is a romantic exaggeration of the nuns . She belongs to one of the great families ...
... bore one . " " I have no experience of the plural , " he replied . " Mine is only in the singular . " " Is she really an Imperial Princess ? " " No , that is a romantic exaggeration of the nuns . She belongs to one of the great families ...
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... bore it with pain , and yet a man because of his momentary con- nection made such preposterous claims . Why should that make any difference to him in his feeling to- wards the child ? Then Kitty's thoughts wandered to the child which ...
... bore it with pain , and yet a man because of his momentary con- nection made such preposterous claims . Why should that make any difference to him in his feeling to- wards the child ? Then Kitty's thoughts wandered to the child which ...
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