Characters from The Painted Veil

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Kitty Garstin / Kitty Fane - This character marries after a very quick engagement. The marriage is in part motivated by the recent engagement of a younger sibling.

Walter Fane - This character is a bacteriologist, who becomes engaged and marries quickly while visiting his homeland of England on vacation from work in Hong Kong.

Charlie Townsend - This character, who works in Hong Kong bureaucracy, begins an illicit extra-marital affair even though he has no intention of leaving his spouse.

Waddington - This character works as a customs official and has...
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