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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham (author)

Paperback Published on: 03/12/2009

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Synopsis

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.

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099286875
Number of pages: 240
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 17 mm
Weight: 394g
Languages: English

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Beautiful book

This is an absolutely stunning book. I cannot recommend it enough! It charts the relationship between Walter and Kitty Fane living in Hong Kong in the 1920... READ MORE

Lexie Lannon

Highly Recommended

Brillantly written and an enaging story of two ill matched married people. She has had an affair with another man, who is married also. But doesn't live up... READ MORE

Robynfleur