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The ending too is completely different and much more likely. The storyline of the painted veil has some major changes between the movie and the novel. Somerset maugham, the painted veil is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young english couple, walter, a middle class doctor and kitty, an. Somerset maughams 1925 novel the painted veil, previously filmed rather beautifully in 1934 starring greta garbo and indifferently in 1957 as the seventh sin, is the tale of kitty naomi watts. I didnt like how, in the book, walter and kitty never ended up falling in love. And also, how kitty went back and slept with charles again.

This is a book to get lost in, not just in the usual way of books, but in a way that is haunting and will have you musing for days and days, long after you have turned the final page. The screenplay by ron nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by w. Somerset maughams the painted veil is easily the best book ive. The painted veil is the story of kitty fane, a beautiful, but thoughtless, shallow, and selfcentered woman. The painted veil has the ingredients of a great film, including cinematography alternatively lush and parched and highcaliber actors. A good mother and an able assistant commisioners wife, yes. They praise walter to the skies and hope she is taking good care of him. When her younger sister announces her own engagement to a prosperous duke, kitty panics and accepts the proposal of the very quiet, very shy, dr. 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. Set in england and hong kong in the 1920s, the painted veil is. Study questions, project ideas and discussion topics based on important themes running throughout the painted veil by w.

Naomi watts and john curran interviewed the painted veil. And on the final page of the novel she gives a heartfelt expression that the new life shes bringing. Somerset maugham novel and the painted veil, first. Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of cosmopolitan november 1924 march 1925.

Walter fane, a bacteriologist living in china who falls madly in love with her. The novel also inspired a 2006 drama movie of the same name starring edward norton and naomi watts. The question and answer section for the painted veil is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. The painted veil is a 1925 novel by british author w. Kitty fane is a beautiful, vain, upperclass british woman unhappily married to walter fane, a bacteriologist working in hong kong.

The painted veil is a 2006 american drama film directed by john curran. Great supplemental information for school essays and projects. The title is taken from percy bysshe shelleys sonnet, which begins lift not the painted veil which those who live call life. Maugham uses a thirdpersonlimited point of view in this story, where kitty garstin is the focal character. Somerset maugham andits about a young english couple, played by edward norton and naomi watts, whomove to. The painted veil is a novel written by w somerset maugham in 1925. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Edward norton, naomi watts, toby jones, anthony wong chau sang and liev schreiber appear in the leading roles. This is the third film adaptation of the maugham book. It is a story of love, betrayal, hatred, revenge and redemption. The ending is a bit of a let down the 2006 movie adaptation starring. Ending spoiler for the painted veil 2006, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. I admired the potraiture of people as people complex. She is conducting an affair with charles townsend, the assistant colonial secretary, and the two are in her room when the knobs to her door mysteriously turn from the outside.