false 99664 26 Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, <b>The Painted Veil</b> 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.<br><br><b>The Painted Veil</b> is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive. 1069201 1991 The Painted Veil total:3401|5:732|4:1407|3:976|2:254|1:32| 3401 12756 5032 655 4 12 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 05:54:16 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 07:32:35 -0800 2008
You can appreciate the movie better once you read the...more...]]> 4 10 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 16 11:50:54 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 17 21:32:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 8 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 22:07:26 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 16:38:10 -0700 2008 The Abstinence Teacher and Special Topics in Calamity Physics, both of which were so poorly written I couldn't finish them. Coming into Somerset Maughm's lucid prose was like being let out of a cage.]]> 4 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 24 08:13:18 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 08:13:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jul 29 07:51:54 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 08:27:58 -0700 2007
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...So now that I've finished, I do agree that the book has less emotional impact than the movie did. For one th...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 05 09:09:30 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 24 09:36:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 true true Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 16:41:15 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 08:26:18 -0700 2008
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I enjoyed this book a lot. The characters wer...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 10 01:50:38 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 01:12:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Oct 14 08:48:23 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 18 16:09:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:25:56 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 10:03:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 16:13:56 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 17 06:53:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 09:18:14 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 09:24:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 07 17:05:04 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 17:16:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 16:32:59 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 16:48:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=395183