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The Painted Veil

Name: The Painted Veil
Brand: Feel Classics
SKU: 9789349919075
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ISBN: 9789349919075

Contributor(s): W. Somerset Maugham Author Format: Paperback

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ISBN	9789349919075
Publisher	Feel Classics
Publication date	October 2025
Language	English
Page count	272

A QUIETLY DEVASTATING MASTERPIECE • A haunting story of betrayal, exile, and self-discovery that reveals Maugham at his most profound.
The novel that cemented W. Somerset Maugham’s place as one of the twentieth century’s most insightful storytellers.

"How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realise that to you it was only an episode." —W. Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil follows Kitty Fane, a beautiful but emotionally adrift Englishwoman, whose affair shatters her marriage and her sense of self. When her husband—an austere and principled doctor—discovers her betrayal, he forces her to accompany him into the heart of a deadly cholera epidemic in rural China. There, far from the polished façades of colonial society, Kitty must confront a world stripped of illusion—and begin the painful search for purpose, dignity, and grace.

Part love story, part psychological reckoning, The Painted Veil is a luminous exploration of guilt, forgiveness, and the fragile beginnings of transformation. First published in 1925 and adapted for the screen multiple times, it remains one of Maugham’s most enduring works—a portrait of human frailty and moral awakening told with rare restraint and emotional clarity.

A timeless novel of illusion and reckoning, where even the harshest truths can lead to redemption.

The Painted Veil

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W. Somerset Maugham Author

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