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The Painted Veil

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The Painted Veil

Written by: W. Somerset Maugham
Narrated by: Sophie Ward
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 This is the story of Kitty Fane, the adulterous wife of a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. When her husband discovers her deception, he exacts a terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic in China.

The Painted Veil was recently made into a feature film starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts.

©2006 W. Somerset Maugham (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics English, Irish, Scottish & Welsh European Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction World Literature

Critic Reviews

"[Maugham is] the modern writer who has influenced me the most." (George Orwell)
"An expert craftsman....His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual."( The New York Times)
" The Painted Veil, with its sadness, its moral tension, its irony and compassion, its building evocations of lust and terror and remorse, is a work of art." ( Spectator)
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The narrator is so good with conveying emotions of the characters especially of the protagonist, Kitty Fane. The story, however, isn't as engaging as I expected it to be. The book's narrative is slow placed which I don't mind, the writing style is beautiful and the characters are multidimensional but the ending is unsatisfactory! Overall it was a good read, just not the best.

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