The Painted Veil Condition:Well Read and exciting world of ancient

and exciting world of ancient Greece

Dorothy Wordsworth was the sister of William Wordsworth

Told in her inimitable trademark style

"Published to impressive critical acclaim

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