The Painted Veil
by W. Somerset Maugham
296 pages~5 hrs
“In a land ravaged by plague, one woman must lose everything to find herself.”
When a social climber’s infidelity is exposed, her vengeful husband forces her into the heart of a deadly cholera epidemic in 1920s China. Amidst the shadow of death and the ruins of her marriage, she must navigate a treacherous journey toward self-discovery and unexpected redemption.
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