The Painted Veil
By W. Somerset Maugham
VINTAGE DECO- Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on.
'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.
- ISBN:
- 9781784878047
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 240
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Publishing
- Imprint:
- Vintage Classics
- Weight:
- 170 g