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She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference. Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walte...
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Vintage Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Vintage classics
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She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference. Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance- Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages...VINTAGE DECO- Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. |
| Item Description: | Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1925. |
| Carrier Form: | 212 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781784878047 1784878049 |
| CLC: | I565.45 |
| Call Number: | I565.45/M449-2 |