The Painted VeilSet 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. |
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William Somerset Maugham. PR 6025 .A86P3 1977 Reprint Edition 1977 by Arno Press Inc. Copyright © 1924 , 1925 , by W. Somerset Maugham Reprinted by permission of Doubleday & Company , Inc. THE WORKS OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ISBN for ...
William Somerset Maugham. PR 6025 .A86P3 1977 Reprint Edition 1977 by Arno Press Inc. Copyright © 1924 , 1925 , by W. Somerset Maugham Reprinted by permission of Doubleday & Company , Inc. THE WORKS OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ISBN for ...
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William Somerset Maugham. indebted to him for nearly fifty years of kindness and hospitality , " Noel Coward wrote , " but I cannot truthfully say that I really knew him inti- mately . " " Looking back , " Maugham's nephew Robin Maugham ...
William Somerset Maugham. indebted to him for nearly fifty years of kindness and hospitality , " Noel Coward wrote , " but I cannot truthfully say that I really knew him inti- mately . " " Looking back , " Maugham's nephew Robin Maugham ...
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William Somerset Maugham. persuaded himself that he was " three quarters normal and . . . only a quarter . . . queer whereas really it was the other way round . " Some of Maugham's heroes defeat respectability , flout convention and ...
William Somerset Maugham. persuaded himself that he was " three quarters normal and . . . only a quarter . . . queer whereas really it was the other way round . " Some of Maugham's heroes defeat respectability , flout convention and ...
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