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"Published to impressive critical acclaim

Dorothy Wordsworth was the sister of William Wordsworth

It is about how we use and abuse our freedom

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The Painted Veil Condition:Well Read and exciting world of ancientKitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages. First published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a