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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... rest of their days , or they throw over the traces , and then sink further and further into disgrace and degradation , ending all too often in suicide . Maugham plays both roles in these stories , for all his aloofness and cynicism . He ...
... rest of their days , or they throw over the traces , and then sink further and further into disgrace and degradation , ending all too often in suicide . Maugham plays both roles in these stories , for all his aloofness and cynicism . He ...
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... rests me . " The Mother Superior gave her a moment's glance and slightly inclined her grave head . " Of course you will ... rest was that which she devoted to prayer . But it pleased her towards evening when Kitty was with the girls at ...
... rests me . " The Mother Superior gave her a moment's glance and slightly inclined her grave head . " Of course you will ... rest was that which she devoted to prayer . But it pleased her towards evening when Kitty was with the girls at ...
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... rest of your life then ? " " In China ? Yes . What would she do elsewhere ? When I retire I shall take a little Chinese house in Peking and spend the rest of my days there . " " Have you any children ? " " No. " She looked at him ...
... rest of your life then ? " " In China ? Yes . What would she do elsewhere ? When I retire I shall take a little Chinese house in Peking and spend the rest of my days there . " " Have you any children ? " " No. " She looked at him ...
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