The Painted Veil
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 240
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780099286875
- Utgivelsesår: 2001
- Bidragsyter: Maugham, W. Somerset
169,-
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...
First published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a classic story of a woman''s spiritual awakening.