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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... dead bird which a mo- ment before had been so exultantly alive . It was a cruel sight . We ate the breast for dinner that night . The flesh was white , tender and succulent ; it was a welcome change from the scraggy chickens which are ...
... dead bird which a mo- ment before had been so exultantly alive . It was a cruel sight . We ate the breast for dinner that night . The flesh was white , tender and succulent ; it was a welcome change from the scraggy chickens which are ...
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... dead , " Kitty gasped . " He is dead . Come along ; you'd better look the other way . I'll have him moved when we come back . " But Kitty was trembling so violently that she could not stir . " I've never seen any one dead before ...
... dead , " Kitty gasped . " He is dead . Come along ; you'd better look the other way . I'll have him moved when we come back . " But Kitty was trembling so violently that she could not stir . " I've never seen any one dead before ...
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... dead bury their dead . It's all un- certain , life and whatever is to come to me , but I enter upon it with a light and buoyant heart . There's so much I want to know ; I want to read and I want to learn . I see in front of me the ...
... dead bury their dead . It's all un- certain , life and whatever is to come to me , but I enter upon it with a light and buoyant heart . There's so much I want to know ; I want to read and I want to learn . I see in front of me the ...
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