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 95
... death . Absolutely certain death . ” " Oh , damn it all , that's rather an exaggeration . He would hardly take you if he thought that . It's no more risk for you than for him . In point of fact there's no great risk if you're careful ...
... death . Absolutely certain death . ” " Oh , damn it all , that's rather an exaggeration . He would hardly take you if he thought that . It's no more risk for you than for him . In point of fact there's no great risk if you're careful ...
Page 246
... death . It was difficult to under- stand that he would not come into the bungalow again and that when he got up in the morning she would not hear him take his bath in the Suchow tub . He was alive and now he was dead . The sisters ...
... death . It was difficult to under- stand that he would not come into the bungalow again and that when he got up in the morning she would not hear him take his bath in the Suchow tub . He was alive and now he was dead . The sisters ...
Page 281
... Death had robbed her face of its mean- ness and left only an impression of character . She might have been a Roman empress . It was strange to Kitty that of the dead persons she had seen this was the only one who in death seemed to ...
... Death had robbed her face of its mean- ness and left only an impression of character . She might have been a Roman empress . It was strange to Kitty that of the dead persons she had seen this was the only one who in death seemed to ...
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