Bøker av Somerset Maugham

玛格丽特-道西 与苏西-博伊德 在蒙帕纳斯大道附近共享一个公寓。那天下午亚瑟安排去见她是要去喝茶。年轻妇女在演播室等他。水壶在炉子上沸腾；杯子和小蛋糕在模型摊位上准备就绪。苏西满怀兴趣地期待着这次会议。她听了很多年轻人的话，并且知道他和玛格丽特之间的联系并不缺乏浪漫。多年以来，苏西一直在女校的女主人的单调生活中度过，并在余生中辞职，因为来自远亲的遗产给了她足够的收入，使她有足够的收入过上适度的生活。不久之后，玛格丽特 曾是她的学生，当她宣布打算在巴黎呆几年以学习艺术时，苏西 愿意陪伴她。从那以后，她就一直在Colarossi学院努力工作，绝不是因为她有才华，而是为了娱乐自己。她拒绝接受令人愉悦的观念，即她的环境有点邪恶。经过多年的辛劳，它使她一无所获。她看着周围的人的生活感到无比满足。

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.

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