01807cam a2200361 4500 381738166 TxAuBib 20190502120000.0 031016s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003065798 9781400034215 pbk. 13.00 1400034213 pbk. 13.00 (OCoLC)53306638 TxAuBib Maugham, W. Somerset, 1874-1965, (William Somerset.) The painted veil / W. Somerset Maugham. 1st Vintage International ed. New York : Vintage International, 2004. 246 p. ; 21 cm. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love. Back Cover. 20190502. British China Fiction. Bacteriologists Fiction. Married people Fiction. Adultery Fiction. Cholera Fiction. China Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003065798.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random041/2003065798.html Sample text https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random041/2003065798.html Publisher description