Author: MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET Title: The Painted Veil
Description: Vintage Books. Paperback. Pp: 224. 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. ISBN: 9780099286875. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.
Keywords: 9780099286875
Price: EUR 6.00 = appr. US$ 6.52 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 526119
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