The Painted Veil
Author(s): W Somerset Maugham
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.
Product Information
Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century master
Reveals many of Maugham's strengths: an understanding of women, meticulous craftsmanship and raw emotion' Daily Mail
General Fields
- :
- : Penguin Random House
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.164
- : 01 May 2001
- : 199mm X 131mm X 15mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : 240
- : 11
- : Paperback
- : W Somerset Maugham