The Painted Veil - Brossura

Maugham, W. Somerset

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ISBN 10: 0307277771 ISBN 13: 9780307277770

Casa editrice: Vintage Books, 2006

Riassunto

Kitty Fane's affair with Assistant Colonial Secretary Townsend, a married man, is interrupted when she is taken from Hong Kong by her vengeful bacteriologist husband to accompany him to his new post amid a raging cholera epidemic. Reissue. (A Warner Independent Pictures film, directed by John Curran, releasing Fall 2006, starring Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, & Anthony Wong) (Historical Fiction)

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“The modern writer who has influenced me the most.” – George Orwell

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W. Somerset Maugham was one of the twentieth century’s most popular novelists as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. He was born in Paris but grew up in England and served as a secret agent for the British during World War I. He wrote many novels, including the classics Of Human Bondage, The Razor’s Edge, Cakes and Ale, Christmas Holiday, The Moon and Sixpence, Theatre, and Up at the Villa.

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• Editore: Vintage Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0307277771
• ISBN 13: 9780307277770
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 246