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Nov 14, 2006 | ISBN 9780307277770 Buy
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Nov 14, 2006 | ISBN 9780307277770
Feb 10, 2004 | ISBN 9781400034215
Jan 05, 2011 | ISBN 9780307787637
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.
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London, where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place… More about W. Somerset Maugham
“The modern writer who has influenced me the most.” – George Orwell
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