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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 Charles Townsend, a man whom she finds charming, attractive and exciting. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange but terrible...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965
Corporate Author: Blackstone Audiobooks
Other Authors: Reading, Kate
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, [2006]
Subjects:
British > China > Fiction.
Bacteriologists > Fiction.
Married people > Fiction.
Adultery > Fiction.
Cholera > Fiction.
China > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Audiobooks.
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Summary: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 Charles Townsend, a man whom she finds charming, attractive and exciting. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange but terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages.
Item Description:Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:6 sound discs (7.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:0786168927
9780786168927