Dansk
Maugham, W. Somerset
(forfatter)
Painted Veil e-bog
90,41 DKK
'An expert craftsman... His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual' New York TimesKitty 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 …
'An expert craftsman... His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual' New York TimesKitty 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... First published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a classic story of a woman's spiritual awakening.
E-bog
90,41 DKK
Forlag
Vintage Digital
Udgivet
24.11.2009
Længde
240 sider
Genrer
1FPC
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781409075516
'An expert craftsman... His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual' New York TimesKitty 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... First published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a classic story of a woman's spiritual awakening.