Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote chinese mainland, where a cholera epi...(展开全部)

没有嫁给爱情的女孩最后去了哪里？霍乱肆虐的东方又能带来何种爱的启迪？女性的启蒙之书。

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 b...(展开全部)

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 b...(展开全部)

毛姆的这部女性觉醒经典之作已被三次改编成电影，展现了女性在欲望中的迷失与在自我觉醒中对命运的掌控。本版本为英语原版，深入探讨了爱情、婚姻、人性和生活的真谛。在这些主题面前，往往存在一层虚幻的彩色面纱，而揭开这层面纱，正如书中所言，“将是一条通往宁静的路”。 故事中的主角，貌美却爱慕虚荣的英国女子吉蒂，与性格孤僻的细菌学家沃尔特，是一对因缺乏了解而匆匆步入婚姻的夫妇。当沃尔特发现吉蒂与香港助理布政司查理•唐森的婚外情后，他并未当场发作，但这却引发了一系列意想不到的事件。为了报复，沃尔特决定带着吉蒂前往中国大陆的疫区——湄潭府，然而最终他却在那里丧生。 在远离了上流社会的诱惑后，吉蒂逐渐看清了情人的虚伪、自己的肤浅以及丈夫的深情。她渴望得到沃尔特的原谅，但只在他临终前听到了一句令人心碎的“死的却是狗”。在返回伦敦的途中，吉蒂又遭受了母亲病逝的打击，这一系列事件使她终于下定决心，跟随父亲离开伦敦，开始新的生活。 这部作品深刻描绘了女性在困境中的成长与觉醒，是一部值得一读再读的经典之作。

毛姆的这部女性觉醒经典之作已被三次改编成电影，展现了女性在欲望中的迷失与在自我觉醒中对命运的掌控。本版本为英语原版，深入探讨了爱情、婚姻、人性和生活的真谛。在这些主题面前，往往存在一层虚幻的彩色面纱，而揭开这层面纱，正如书中所言，“将是一条通往宁静的路”。 故事中的主角，貌美却爱慕虚荣的英国女子吉蒂，与性格孤僻的细菌学家沃尔特，是一对因缺乏了解而匆匆步入婚姻的夫妇。当沃尔特发现吉蒂与香港助理布政司查理•唐森的婚外情后，他并未当场发作，但这却引发了一系列意想不到的事件。为了报复，沃尔特决定带着吉蒂前往中国大陆的疫区——湄潭府，然而最终他却在那里丧生。 在远离了上流社会的诱惑后，吉蒂逐渐看清了情人的虚伪、自己的肤浅以及丈夫的深情。她渴望得到沃尔特的原谅，但只在他临终前听到了一句令人心碎的“死的却是狗”。在返回伦敦的途中，吉蒂又遭受了母亲病逝的打击，这一系列事件使她终于下定决心，跟随父亲离开伦敦，开始新的生活。 这部作品深刻描绘了女性在困境中的成长与觉醒，是一部值得一读再读的经典之作。

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, this classic novel, originally published in 1965, is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, novel by one of the most important and original writers of this century.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, this classic novel, originally published in 1965, is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, novel by one of the most important and original writers of this century.

Like Claude Monet s celebrated plein air landscapes at Giverny, the series collected in this book represents among the best-loved examples of Joaquin Sorolla s (1863-1923) work, and a window into the Spanish painter s quest to capture the essence of a garden. Described by Monet as the master of light, Sorolla and his landscapes, formal portraits, and historically themed canvase...(展开全部)