The Painted Veil (CD-Audio)

from bohemima

Kitty Fane, a lovely but shallow and slightly vulguar young Englishwoman, marries a doctor who adores her. They wisk off to China, where the marriage turns unsatisfactory; Kitty finds herself in a shabby but physically compelling affair with an equally shallow man, while her husband pursues his m...

from mrstreme

The Painted Veil is a beautifully written story about a girl who completes a great journey of love and learning. Kitty married Dr. Walter Fane out of pressure from her mother - even though she was not even fond of him. Together, they move to Hong Kong where Walter works as a bacteriologist. There...

from bookworm12

Kitty is a young woman who got married for all the wrong reasons and doesn't love her husband, Walter. She rushed to marry after realizing her younger sister might beat her down the aisle. Walter is a nice but boring man who takes his wife to Hong Kong in the 1920s where he works for his work as ...

from ctpress

We follow the downfall of the flighty and frivolous Kitty as she marries a dull bacteriologist whom she doesn't love - just to get away from home. The couple move to the Crown Colony Hong Kong, where Kitty very soon falls in love with Charlie Townsend, a british government official. She misread h...

from bohemima

Kitty Fane, a lovely but shallow and slightly vulguar young Englishwoman, marries a doctor who adores her. They wisk off to China, where the marriage turns unsatisfactory; Kitty finds herself in a shabby but physically compelling affair with an equally shallow man, while her husband pursues his m...