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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... spoke at length . His voice as a rule was agreeable , with a variety of tone , but now he spoke on one note . It was strangely unnatural . It gave Kitty the impression that he was speaking from a long way off . And all the time his eyes ...
... spoke at length . His voice as a rule was agreeable , with a variety of tone , but now he spoke on one note . It was strangely unnatural . It gave Kitty the impression that he was speaking from a long way off . And all the time his eyes ...
Page 139
... spoke in English or in French she spoke slowly . But the most striking thing about her was the air she had of authority tempered by Christian charity ; you felt in her the habit of command . To be obeyed was natural to her , but she ...
... spoke in English or in French she spoke slowly . But the most striking thing about her was the air she had of authority tempered by Christian charity ; you felt in her the habit of command . To be obeyed was natural to her , but she ...
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... spoke with an emphasis which she could not prevent , but even as she spoke she knew that it was not the tone with which to carry conviction . " Are you quite sure ? " He was now roguishly smiling . " After all , you were married to ...
... spoke with an emphasis which she could not prevent , but even as she spoke she knew that it was not the tone with which to carry conviction . " Are you quite sure ? " He was now roguishly smiling . " After all , you were married to ...
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