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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... writing to please : I was writing to free myself from an intolerable obsession . I achieved the result I aimed at , for after I had cor- rected the proofs , I found all those ghosts were laid , and neither the people nor the incidents ...
... writing to please : I was writing to free myself from an intolerable obsession . I achieved the result I aimed at , for after I had cor- rected the proofs , I found all those ghosts were laid , and neither the people nor the incidents ...
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... writing as exor- cism , since the exorcism , at least once , worked well enough for him . It didn't defeat the ... writer who consoles himself in fic- tion for distresses suffered in reality . He is a writer who , in and out of fiction ...
... writing as exor- cism , since the exorcism , at least once , worked well enough for him . It didn't defeat the ... writer who consoles himself in fic- tion for distresses suffered in reality . He is a writer who , in and out of fiction ...
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... writer , and we can miss all the undercurrents in his prose and still enjoy him a great deal . But the undercurrents are likely to keep Maugham's writing alive when the simpler enjoyment has faded , and in any case I wonder whether ...
... writer , and we can miss all the undercurrents in his prose and still enjoy him a great deal . But the undercurrents are likely to keep Maugham's writing alive when the simpler enjoyment has faded , and in any case I wonder whether ...
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