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"The Painted Veil, with its sadness, its moral tension, its irony
and compassion, its building evocations of lust and terror and remorse, is a work of
art."Spectator
"An expert craftsman.His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual."
New York Times
"[Maugham is] the modern writer who has influenced me the most."George Orwell
First published in 1925, The Painted Veil is an affirmation of the human capacity
to grow, change, and forgive. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, it is the story
of the beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous
affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera
epidemic.
Stripped of the British society of her youth and overwhelmed by the desolation around her,
she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life. She takes up work
with children at a convent, but when her husband dies, she is forced to return to England
to her father, her one remaining relative, to raise her unborn child. Though too late for her
marriage, she has learned humility, independence, and how to love.
Andersen's Fairy TalesWritten By - Hans Christian AndersenNarrated By - Erica JohnsPublished By - NAXOSLength - 2 hours 35 minutesCategories - Fairy Tales
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, TheWritten By - Mark TwainNarrated By - Mike McShanePublished By - Harper Collins UKLength - 2 hours 52 minutesCategories - Classics
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Hard TimesWritten By - Charles DickensNarrated By - Frederick DavidsonPublished By - Blackstone Audio IncLength - 11 hours 30 minutesCategories - Classic LiteratureDownload Price - $23.95
Thomas Gradgrind is an eminently practical man who believes in facts and statistics and has brought up his two children, Louisa and Tom, accordingly, suppressing the imaginative sides of their nature. They are raised without love and affection, and the consequences are devastating. See full description...
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Antony & CleopatraWritten By - William ShakespeareNarrated By - Full Cast PerformancePublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdLength - 2 hours 55 minutesCategories - Dramatizations
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