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 16
... hated the Chinese city and it made her nervous to go into the filthy little house off the Victoria Road in which they were in the habit of meeting . It was a curio dealer's ; and the Chinese who were sitting about stared at her un ...
... hated the Chinese city and it made her nervous to go into the filthy little house off the Victoria Road in which they were in the habit of meeting . It was a curio dealer's ; and the Chinese who were sitting about stared at her un ...
Page 57
... hated his supercilious air , his coldness , and his self- control . It was easy to be self - controlled when you were interested in nothing and nobody but your- self . He was repulsive to her . She hated to let him kiss her . What had ...
... hated his supercilious air , his coldness , and his self- control . It was easy to be self - controlled when you were interested in nothing and nobody but your- self . He was repulsive to her . She hated to let him kiss her . What had ...
Page 80
... hated him now as she had never hated him before . " I don't think you're a man at all . Why didn't you break into the room when you knew I was 80 THE PAINTED VEIL.
... hated him now as she had never hated him before . " I don't think you're a man at all . Why didn't you break into the room when you knew I was 80 THE PAINTED VEIL.
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