num_pages: 246
description: Set 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.
language: English
title: The Painted Veil
titlecomplete: The Painted Veil
characters: Walter  Fane, Dorothy Townsend, Charlie Townsend, Kitty Garstin
genres: Classics, China, British Literature, Historical, Asia, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Audiobook, Fiction
ratings_count: 44433
places: China, Hong Kong, England
publisher: Vintage Books