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The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

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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

Themes
Dark & BroodingHeartbreakingMelancholic & NostalgicThought-ProvokingMoral ConsequencesSelf-DiscoveryThe Cost of DesireRedemption Through Suffering
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