The Painted Veil: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Painted Veil is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) (1874–1965).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Painted Veil" by W. Somerset Maugham is a novel published in 1925. When a frivolous young woman enters a loveless marriage and begins an affair in Hong Kong, her betrayed husband presents her with a devastating choice: accompany him to a cholera-ravaged village in mainland China or face public divorce. Forced into a dangerous epidemic zone, she embarks on an unexpected journey of self-discovery among French nuns and suffering villagers, confronting her own shallow nature and witnessing her husband's hidden depths.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Painted Veil
- Author credits: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) (1874–1965)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Bacteriologists -- Fiction
- British -- China -- Fiction
- China -- Fiction
- Cholera -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Married people -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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