The painted veil
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-19652001
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Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfield 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 terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages...
Main title:
The painted veil / W. Somerset Maugham.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2001.
Collation:
ix, 213 p.
Series:
Vintage classics
ISBN:
9780099286875 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
BRN:
1152634
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