THIS book might be called also The Triumph of Love. Bertha was looking out of window, at the bleakness of the day.

The sea was very calm. There was no ship in sight, and the sea-gulls were motionless upon its even greyness. The sky was dark with lowering clouds, but there was no wind.

A study in the origins of a great family（一个大家庭的起源），作者早期作品，典型的维多利亚小说。

《旋转木马》作于1904年，是毛姆30岁时的作品。小说讲述三个故事。告诉我们一个道理：只要活着，就不要轻易放弃。

《The Painted Veil》是作家威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆创作的一部长篇小说，出版于1925年。