The Painted Veil. Book in English

'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.

Author: William Somerset Maugham

Printhouse: Karo

Series: Vintage Deco

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2022

ISBN: 9785992502947

Number of pages: 240

Size: 197x130x17 mm

Cover type: soft

Weight: 200 g

ID: 1687243

'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.

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