Somerset maugham william somerset maugham and other ebooks from all genres of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, historical documents and sheet music, all of which are available on a subscription basis. I wanted to read the painted veil because it was one of the few somerset maugham books i never read as a teenager, when i devoured most of them, and i had seen the film. Somerset maugham torrent get ebook amazon ereader epub spanish. The painted veil vintage international kindle edition. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are. If you scroll up a bit and click the third button under other maugham eresources that says nonfiction with my logo on it, you will go to the ebook page of nonfiction, including travel books and essays. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting charles townsend. The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of cosmopolitan november 1924 march 1925. Somerset maugham the painted veil see other formats. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 246 pages and is available in paperback format. Set in england and hong kong in the 1920s, the painted veil is the story of. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
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