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The Painted Veil

by William Somerset Maugham

4 · 288 pages · First published 1925

A story of the beautiful but love-starve Kitty Fane who is forced to accompany her husband to the heart of a cholera epidemic. She is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.

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FictionBacteriologistsCholeraMarried peopleBritishAdulteryFiction in EnglishNew York Times reviewedDomestic fictionPsychological fictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Large type books
Publishers
Penguin Books in association with W. Heinemann, Chivers Audio Books, Penguin Classics, Diogenes, Scherz Verlag, Penguin Books
Languages
chi, und, ger, eng