{"product_id":"the-painted-veil-9781646797011","title":"The Painted Veil","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Somerset W. Maugham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Medical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.\" -Kitty, The Painted Veil (1925) by Somerset Maugham The Painted Veil (1925) by Somerset Maugham is a romance set in England and Hong Kong. The title refers to the first line of a sonnet written by Percy Bysshe Shelley: \"Lift not the painted veil which those who live \/ Call Life.\" The author delves deep into the psyche of a mismatched married couple, Kitty and Walter, dealing with affairs and adultery. After Kitty's affair is discovered, Walter gives her the ultimatum of accompanying him to cholera-stricken mainland China or enduring a publicly humiliating divorce. This is just a glimpse of a page-turning novel filled with human conflict that any reader will want to add to their personal library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46894965948567,"sku":"9781646797011","price":1380.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781646797011.webp?v=1770328749","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-painted-veil-9781646797011","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}