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'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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Reveals many of Maugham's strengths: an understanding of women, meticulous craftsmanship and raw emotion' * Daily Mail *
A work of art * Spectator *
An expert craftsman... His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual * New York Times *

The Painted Veil

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 06/10/2022
      ISBN13: 9781784878047, 978-1784878047
      ISBN10: 1784878049
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      '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.



      Trade Review
      Reveals many of Maugham's strengths: an understanding of women, meticulous craftsmanship and raw emotion' * Daily Mail *
      A work of art * Spectator *
      An expert craftsman... His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual * New York Times *

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