# The Painted Veil

By W. Somerset Maugham.

"The Painted Veil" by W. Somerset Maugham is a novel published in 1925. When a frivolous young woman enters a loveless marriage and begins an affair in Hong Kong, her betrayed husband presents her with a devastating choice: accompany him to a cholera-ravaged village in mainland China or face public divorce. Forced into a dangerous epidemic zone, she embarks on an unexpected journey of self-discovery among French nuns and suffering villagers, confronting her own shallow nature and witnessing her husband's hidden depths. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Adultery -- Fiction; Psychological fiction; Domestic fiction; Married people -- Fiction; China -- Fiction; Cholera -- Fiction; British -- China -- Fiction; Bacteriologists -- Fiction

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- [Painted Veil](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/16412) by W. Somerset Maugham (8 h 19 min, English)

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