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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... marry at all ? That season the only person who had pro- posed to her was a boy of twenty who was still at Oxford : she couldn't marry a boy five years younger than herself . She had made a hash of things . Last year she had refused a ...
... marry at all ? That season the only person who had pro- posed to her was a boy of twenty who was still at Oxford : she couldn't marry a boy five years younger than herself . She had made a hash of things . Last year she had refused a ...
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... marry you when would you want to marry me ? " He gave a sudden gasp of delight , and his white cheeks flushed . " Now . At once . As soon as possible . We'd go to Italy for our honeymoon . August and Sep- tember . " That would save her ...
... marry you when would you want to marry me ? " He gave a sudden gasp of delight , and his white cheeks flushed . " Now . At once . As soon as possible . We'd go to Italy for our honeymoon . August and Sep- tember . " That would save her ...
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... marry you only if he is co - re- spondent and the case is so shameless that his wife is forced to divorce him . " " You don't know what you're talking about , " she cried . " You stupid fool . " His tone was so contemptuous that she ...
... marry you only if he is co - re- spondent and the case is so shameless that his wife is forced to divorce him . " " You don't know what you're talking about , " she cried . " You stupid fool . " His tone was so contemptuous that she ...
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