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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 a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages...
ISBN/EAN | 9781784878047 |
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Author | W.Somerset Maugham |
Publisher | Random House |
Imprint | Vintage |
Publication date | 6 Oct 2022 |
Format | Paperback |
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The Painted Veil
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