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First published in 1925, The Painted Veil is an affirmation of the human capacity to grow, change, and forgive. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, it is the story of the beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and overwhelmed by the desolation around her, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life. She takes up work with children at a convent, but when her husband dies, she is forced to return to England to her father, her one remaining relative, to raise her unborn child. Though too late for her marriage, she has learned humility, independence, and how to love.
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Painted Veil, William Somerset Maugham
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1934
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- Titel
- Painted Veil
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- William Somerset Maugham
- Uitgever
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1934
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- Aantal pagina's
- 294
- ISBN10
- 0434456047
- ISBN13
- 9780434456048
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Historische romans, Liefde, Klassiekers, 20e Eeuw, Engeland, Samenleving, 19e Eeuw, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Engelse literatuur, Verfilmd, Azië, China, Matrimonium, Londen, Schandalen en Affaires, Ontrouw, Hongkong, Cholera
- Eerste editie
- 1925
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- The Painted Veil
- Beoordeling
- 4 van 5
- Aantekening
- First published in 1925, The Painted Veil is an affirmation of the human capacity to grow, change, and forgive. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, it is the story of the beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and overwhelmed by the desolation around her, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life. She takes up work with children at a convent, but when her husband dies, she is forced to return to England to her father, her one remaining relative, to raise her unborn child. Though too late for her marriage, she has learned humility, independence, and how to love.