The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
October 3, 2009
Plot summary (with spoilers): The novel begins with Kitty Fane engaging in an adulterous tryst with the older Charles Townsend, an assistant colonial secretary in Hong Kong where Kitty and her husband Walter have been living since they were married a few years ago. Kitty senses that Walter has come home early for some reason. [...]
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