The Painted Veil - Hardcover

Maugham, W. Somerset

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735101736 ISBN 13: 9780735101739

Publisher: Replica Books, 2002

Synopsis

Kitty Fane's affair with Assistant Colonial Secretary Townsend is interrupted when she is taken from Hong Kong by her vengeful bacteriologist husband to work in a cholera epidemic

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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.

From the Back Cover:

“The modern writer who has influenced me the most.” – George Orwell

About this edition

• Publisher: Replica Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0735101736
• ISBN 13: 9780735101739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290