The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Published
4 May 2001
Pages
224
ISBN
9780099286875

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

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.

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