Painted Veil
The Painted Veil, a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, embrace change, and to learn how to love deeply. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley''s sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live." ''The Painted Veil'' is a powerful novel of transgression and redemption. The novel tells the ...
The Painted Veil, a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, embrace change, and to learn how to love deeply. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley''s sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live." ''The Painted Veil'' is a powerful novel of transgression and redemption. The novel tells the ...
