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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... sense that the whole of his life has gone into his books . His books have said as much about him as he is going to say . Before and after Of Human Bondage Maugham is not a writer who consoles himself in fic- tion for distresses suffered ...
... sense that the whole of his life has gone into his books . His books have said as much about him as he is going to say . Before and after Of Human Bondage Maugham is not a writer who consoles himself in fic- tion for distresses suffered ...
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... sense of outrage : When we went there ( a missionary is speaking ) they had no sense of sin at all . They broke the commandments one after the other and never knew they were doing wrong . And I think that was the most difficult part of ...
... sense of outrage : When we went there ( a missionary is speaking ) they had no sense of sin at all . They broke the commandments one after the other and never knew they were doing wrong . And I think that was the most difficult part of ...
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... sense of romance and my sense of the ridic- ulous . " His missions took him to Switzerland , the South Seas and Russia this last excursion involving an attempt to halt the Revolu- tion of 1917. Much of his experience at this time found ...
... sense of romance and my sense of the ridic- ulous . " His missions took him to Switzerland , the South Seas and Russia this last excursion involving an attempt to halt the Revolu- tion of 1917. Much of his experience at this time found ...
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