The Painted Veil

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Independently Published, Jul 15, 2020 - Fiction - 121 pages
A story love, desire , lust and human emotions the book is set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s. The plot revolves around beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane who is in adulterous relationship , after being discovered by her husband she is forced to accompany him to Hong Kong where she rediscovers herself . The book has been adapted in movies and stage productions at multiple times.

Other editions - View all

The Painted Veil
W. Somerset Maugham
Limited preview - 2011
The Painted Veil (Thinking Classics)
W. Somerset Maugham
No preview available - 2011
The Painted Veil
William Somerset Maugham
No preview available - 2007
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About the author (2020)

Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Painted Veil
AuthorW. Somerset Maugham
PublisherIndependently Published, 2020
ISBN9798666573631
Length121 pages
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Fiction / Coming of Age
  
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