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版次：1
页数：246
字数：
印刷时间：2006年11月01日
开本：32开
纸张：胶版纸
包装：平装
是否套装：否
国际标准书号ISBN：9780307277770

作者:W. Somerset Maugham　著出版社:Random House US出版时间:2006年11月

内容简介

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　　Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, "The Painted Veil" is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic, where she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and to learn how to love.

作者简介

　　William Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright andshort-story writer, was born in 1874, and lived in Paris until hewas ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and atHeidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospitalwith a view to practising medicine, but the success of his firstnovel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to letters.Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915,and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence hisreputation as a novelist was established. His position as asuccessful playwright was being consolidated at the same time. Hisfirst play, A Man of Honour, was followed by a series of successesjust before and after World War I, and his career in the theatredid not end until 1933 with Sheppey.
　　His fame as a short story writer began with The Trembling of aLeaf, subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, in 1921,after which he published more than ten collections. His other worksinclude travel books such as On a Chinese Screen, and Don Fernando,essays, criticism, and the autobiographical The Summing Up and AWriter's Notebook.

<p>　　William Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright and
short-story writer, was born in 1874, and lived in Paris until he
was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at
Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital
with a view to practising medicine, but the success of his first
novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to letters.
Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915,
and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his
reputation as a novelist was established. His position as a
successful playwright was being consolidated at the same time. His
first play, A Man of Honour, was followed by a series of successes
just before and after World War I, and his career in the theatre
did not end until 1933 with Sheppey.<br />
　　His fame as a short story writer began with The Trembling of a
Leaf, subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, in 1921,
after which he published more than ten collections. His other works
include travel books such as On a Chinese Screen, and Don Fernando,
essays, criticism, and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A
Writer's Notebook.<br />
　　In 1927, he settled in the south of France, and lived there until
his death in 1965.</p>

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