The Painted Veil

A Novel Excerpt

by W. Somerset Maugham
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This story is easy at first and the characters are people ’I know’ from other books. The smiles that the thoughts of the characters bring to me are delightful. Their confounded responses to each other leave me happy. The visuals created in my mind of costuming and wonderful sets pull me in with joy. If you will excuse me, I want to read on…