# The Painted Veil

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- Authors: [William Somerset Maugham](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-somerset-maugham)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-11-24
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general

## Description

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... First published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a classic story of a woman's spiritual awakening.

## Editions

### The Painted Veil

- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-17-8487-804-7
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2022-10-06
- Language: en_GB

### The Painted Veil

- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9928-687-5
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2009-12-03
- Language: en_GB

### The Painted Veil

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0907-551-6
- Published: 2009-11-24
- Language: en_GB

### The Painted Veil

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0003-421-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2004-02-10
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [Розмальована вуаль](https://www.bookquiver.com/viliam-somerset-moem/uk/rozmalovana-vual) (uk_UA)