The Painted Veil

English language

Published April 18, 2001

ISBN:
978-0-09-928687-5
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The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is a reference to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1824 sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". 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. 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 the main characters originally were called Lane, but that the names were changed to Fane, following the success of a libel case against the publishers by a Hong Kong couple with the name of Lane. The couple were awarded £250. To avoid similar …

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Este libro ha sido una gran sorpresa ya que pesaba que era una história romántica por la idea que da la película de 2006 pero no lo es en absoluto. La película cambia toda la esencia del libro así que si has leído el libro no te la recomiendo. Este libro es la historia de crecimiento y aprendizaje de Kitty, una mujer joven de principios del siglo XX, criada por una madre superficial y egoísta que utiliza a su marido e hijas para escalar socialmente en una sociedad y una ambiente que considera a la mujer un objeto al servicio de un futuro esposo que la mantenga y le de un techo. En esta situación, no es que Kitty tenga muchas opciones. Es guapa mientras sea joven pero se casa sin amor con un joven bacteoerólogo porque ya se le acaba el tiempo y se van a China donde él …

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I gave up about 80% of the way through. There are a few things right about this book, but a whole lot wrong. The writing is mostly very bad: it breaks every "show, don't tell" rule, and even when it "shows" it shows with a metaphor that is impenetrable and unbelievable and that amounts to a tell. Basically just a garden variety romance novel that's been puffed up with some exotic settings and an author who starts his name with an initial.

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