The painted veil book kitty and walters

But i quickly got pulled into the story of kitty fane, a spoiled and frivolous young woman whose function in life, at least at the outset of this tale, seemed to be primarily decorative. The painted veil summary and analysis of chapters 6271. Furthermore, i think the emotional distance between kitty and walter seems as big as an ocean in the book. These are some of the profound questions that somerset maughams the painted veil raises. Somerset maugham the painted veil see other formats. When walter discovers the relationship, he compels kitty to accompany him to a. Kitty is horrified, and certain that the cholera epidemic will mean her death. The painted veil is a brilliant study of characters.

Walter and kitty barely spoke as they travelled by chair through the inscrutable chinese hinterland. Somerset maugham, 9780099286875, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The couple, walter edward norton and kitty fane naomi watts, make a quick match. This is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young english couple, walter fane edward norton, a middle class doctor and kitty naomi watts, an upperclass woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. On a brief trip back to london, earnest, bookish bacteriologist walter fane edward norton is dazzled by kitty garstin naomi watts, a vain london socialite. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. The painted veil vintage international kindle edition by. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the painted veil by w. The title is taken from percy bysshe shelley s sonnet, which begins lift not the painted veil which those who live call life. The painted veil by somerset maugham books the guardian. When walter discovers this, he forces kitty to accompany him to a cholera epidemic in central china. Waddington explains that walter has fallen ill with cholera and kitty must come to see him at once. The story follows a married british couple,walter and kitty fane. Kitty, much to the chagrin of her mother, has declined marriage proposal from quite a few prospective gentlemen.

This was nowhere to be found in the painted veil, a work that almost seemed to have been written by a different person. Kitty discovers that she is pregnant and suspects that charles townsend is the father. This subtle reference on his death bed serves as a further suggestion that walter seems to have intended to harm kitty by bringing her to meitanfu. Gender, sexuality, and history in the painted veil. The painted veil essays are academic essays for citation. The painted veil is one of the most emotionally honest books ive ever read. The painted veil is the story of the beautiful, but lovestarved kitty fane. We follow kittys hurried and embarrassed marriage to walter, then whistle through her seduction by townsend in order to get back up to date, to. They do not come out of it in the end reunited by love but parted by death. Painted veil because it was one of the few somerset maugham books i never. Story and summary the story revolves around kitty garstin, an outgoing upper middle class socialite and walter fane, an introvert bacteriologist and physician.

In attempting to paint this painted veil as a tragic love story kitty realizes too late what a wonderful man she married the filmmakers skimp some of its more disturbing undercurrents. However, one crucial point is that in the book there is no romantic journey completed by walter and kitty, as happens in the movie. The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of cosmopolitan november 1924 march 1925. The painted veil is a 1925 novel by british author w. The painted veil chapters 6271 summary and analysis. Edward norton and naomi watts star as walter and kitty, an illfated couple who marry in shanghai in the 1920s.

Kitty, as a beautiful, young girl is used to a lot of attention since childhood. Set in england and hong kong in the 1920s, the painted veil is. Set in the late 19th century, the novels action takes place in both england and primarily china which the british had invaded at the time. Set in england and hong kong in the 1920s, the painted veil is the story of the beautiful but lovestarved kitty fane. In the painted veil, walter is the metaphorical dog and kitty is the man.