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The Painted Veil
Maugham, W. Somerset

The Painted Veil

Vintage (Nov 14, 2006)
9780307277770
| Paperback
256 pages | 124 x 198 mm | English
$ 13.95 | Value: $ 13.95
Dewey F MAU

Genre

  • Fiction

Subject

  • Adultery
  • China
  • Domestic Fiction
  • Married People
  • Psychological Fiction

Plot

Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive.