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The Painted Veil

W Somerset Maugham author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:6th Oct '22

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'She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference'

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...

VINTAGE DECO: Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on.

Reveals many of Maugham's strengths: an understanding of women, meticulous craftsmanship and raw emotion' * Daily Mail *
A work of art * Spectator *
An expert craftsman... His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual * New York Times *

ISBN: 9781784878047

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 195g

240 pages