The Painted Veil
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Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century master
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 mainland China, 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.
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Format: Paperback, 240 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 170 g
Published: 2001, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century master
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 mainland China, 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.
The Painted Veil