The Painted Veil

by William Somerset Maugham · first published 1925

The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is a reference to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1824 sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of Cosmopolitan (November 1924 – March 1925). Beginning in December 1924, it was serialised in the United Kingdom in eight parts in [Nash's Magazine, v.74, issue 380 (Dec.

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Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1925