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The Painted Veil 1925 Novel By
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Author : W. Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-07-16
The Painted Veil 1925 Novel By written by W. Somerset Maugham and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-16 with categories.
The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live Call Life." The biographer Richard Cordell notes that the book was influenced by Maugham's study of science and his work as a houseman at St Thomas' Hospital. In the Preface to his book, Maugham tells how originally the main characters were called Lane not Fane but a couple of that name in Hong Kong successfully sued the magazine publishers of the initial serialised version for libel and won 250. To avoid similar problems after A. G. M. Fletcher, the then Assistant Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong, also threatened legal action, the name of the colony was changed to Tching-Yen.[2] Later editions reverted to Hong Kong but the name Fane was kept for all editions. The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of Cosmopolitan (November 1924 - March 1925). Beginning in May 1925, it was serialised in the United Kingdom in eight parts in Nash's Magazine Somerset Maugham uses a third-person - limited, point of view in this story, where Kitty is the Focal character. Kitty Garstin, a very pretty upper-middle class debutante, squanders her early youth amusing herself at cotillions and social events - during which her domineering mother attempts to arrange a "brilliant match" for her. By age 25, Kitty has flirted with - and declined the marriage proposals of - dozens of suitors. Her mother, convinced that her eldest daughter has "missed her market," urges Kitty to settle for the rather "odd" Walter Fane, a bacteriologist and M.D., who is madly in love with Kitty. In a panic that her much younger - and less attractive - sister, Doris, will upstage her by marrying first, Kitty consents to Walter's ardent marriage proposition with the words, "I suppose so." Shortly before Doris's much grander wedding, Kitty and Walter depart as newlyweds to his post in Hong Kong."
The Painted Veil
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Author : W. Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-21
The Painted Veil written by W. Somerset Maugham and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-21 with Fiction categories.
The novel is set in the 1920s in England and Hong Kong and tells the story of the beautiful but loveless Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her extramarital affair, he forces her to accompany him to the epicenter of a cholera outbreak. She is prompted by her awakening personality to reassess her life and learn how to love after being stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to achieve in Hong Kong. The title of this novel alludes to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1824 sonnet, "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life." "The Painted Veil" is a beautifully written testament to the human capacity to change, grow, and forgive.
The Painted Veil
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Author : William Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Painted Veil written by William Somerset Maugham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
First published, Heinemann, 1925.
The Moon And Sixpence
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Author : William Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-13
The Moon And Sixpence written by William Somerset Maugham and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-13 with Fiction categories.
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W Somerset Maugham, told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. It is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.
Of Human Bondage
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Author : W. Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher: The Floating Press
Release Date : 2009-06-01
Of Human Bondage written by W. Somerset Maugham and has been published by The Floating Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-01 with Fiction categories.
A nine year old boy's mother dies shortly after the death of his father. He is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in a small East-Anglian village, where his uncle is vicar. This uncle holds the boy's significant inheritance for him until he comes of age, giving him unlimited power over the boy. The novel is considered a masterpiece, and is also highly autobiographical, though Maugham claimed: "This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention."
An American Tragedy
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Author : Theodore Dreiser
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2018-06-17
An American Tragedy written by Theodore Dreiser and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-17 with Fiction categories.
Ambitious, but ill-educated, naïve, and immature, Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work. As a young adult, Clyde must, to help support his family, take menial jobs as a soda jerk, then a bellhop at a prestigious Kansas City hotel. There, his more sophisticated colleagues introduce him to bouts of social drinking and sex with prostitutes. Enjoying his new lifestyle, Clyde becomes infatuated with manipulative Hortense Briggs, who takes advantage of him. After being in a car accident in which a young girl loses her life, Clyde is forced to run away from the town in search for the new life.
On A Chinese Screen
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Author : W. Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-20
On A Chinese Screen written by W. Somerset Maugham and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-20 with Travel categories.
"On a Chinese Screen" by W. Somerset Maugham provides readers with a unique perspective on China through a collection of vignettes and observations. Maugham's writing offers a window into Chinese culture, society, and customs as seen through the eyes of the author. This book is an enlightening read for those interested in travel writing and cultural exploration, providing insights into the complexities and nuances of China in the early 20th century.
Up At The Villa
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Author : W. Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-01
Up At The Villa written by W. Somerset Maugham and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Up at the Villa" by W. Somerset Maugham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Hour Before The Dawn
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Author : W. Somerset Maugham
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-01
The Hour Before The Dawn written by W. Somerset Maugham and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Hour Before the Dawn" by W. Somerset Maugham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
A True Novel
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Author : Minae Mizumura
language : en
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Release Date : 2013-11-12
A True Novel written by Minae Mizumura and has been published by Other Press, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with Fiction categories.
A remaking of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights set in postwar Japan A True Novel begins in New York in the 1960s, where we meet Taro, a relentlessly ambitious Japanese immigrant trying to make his fortune. Flashbacks and multilayered stories reveal his life: an impoverished upbringing as an orphan, his eventual rise to wealth and success—despite racial and class prejudice—and an obsession with a girl from an affluent family that has haunted him all his life. A True Novel then widens into an examination of Japan’s westernization and the emergence of a middle class. The winner of Japan’s prestigious Yomiuri Literature Prize, Mizumura has written a beautiful novel, with love at its core, that reveals, above all, the power of storytelling.