"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.
Written By : Anthony Trollope
Narrator : Simon Vance
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 19 hours
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $36.95
This magnificent novel is a satirical comedy about the fight for ascendancy among the clergy in a cathedral city. The formidable Mrs. Proudie, the oily Mr. Slope, and the flamboyant Signora Neroni are among the memorable characters vying to be the dominant voice in the quiet diocese of Barchester. More... |
Written By : John Wyndham
Narrator : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 50 minutes
Type : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Classics
Horror & Suspense
Drama
Price : $22.25
John Wyndham's classic novel of man's struggle in a besieged world is dramatised by Giles Cooper in this classic 1968 recording. More... |
Written By : Suetonius
Narrator : Derek Jacobi
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 7 hours 15 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Ancient
Biographical
Royalty and Heads of State
Historical
Price : $27.25
Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and... More... |
Written By : Charles Dickens
Narrator : Robert Whitfield
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 31 hours 30 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $59.95
Nicholas, the hearty young hero, takes us on a journey through nineteenth-century England in a delightful series of adventures accompanied by some of Dickens’s best swaggering scoundrels and most unforgettable eccentrics. More... |
Written By : Dante
Narrator : Heathcote Williams
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 4 hours 30 minutes
Type : Poetry
Classic Literature
Price : $18.75
'I have been in the Heaven that takes up most of his light, and saw things there that those who descend from that height cannot speak of or forget...' Led by his guide Beatrice, Dante leaves... More... |
