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...
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 epidemic rages... First published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a classic story of a woman's spiritual awakening.
1 有用 aprilcyh 2022-01-24 19:28:15
Mediocre..
5 有用 YannieY 2016-06-23 04:26:03
I have no sympathy for Walter - to love without dignity is despicable.
0 有用 mathbao 2015-07-21 11:08:20
毛姆的味道很不错。
0 有用 bieguni 2019-12-28 22:07:31
A mixture of self-awakening and tragic romance.
0 有用 好养活 2018-08-27 21:27:33
毛姆少数(唯一?)的一部“先有故事再有人物”。语言流畅故事曲折所以几乎是一口气读完的(几乎不记得电影了,除了诺顿&BE外……然后发现其实原著的结尾相当+ve)借不同人物之口道出自己对人生的各种看法;第一次知道毛姆对道家也有研究……Kitty从一个没什么脑子的浮华虚荣jolly beauty成长为有主见的独立女性的过程也是很生动感人……读完后感觉对folks更宽容了。。