Welcome to the Globe Bookgroup blog! Here, members of the group can post messages about past and present books, and catch up with other members. The Globe Bookgroup meets around every 4-5 weeks on a Thursday night in The Globe pub, Baker Street. We get very excited about choosing and voting for our books. We don't do organised discussions or heavy hardbacks.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Painted Veil Discussion

Everyone seemed to have enjoyed the book and agreed it was very readable. Alison raised the question do emotionally repressed characters like Walter who devote themselves to their careers and marry unsuitable women exist in real life or only in fiction? (Homework: try and find such a person and bring to next Bookgroup meeting) I was sorry that Kitty didn't fall in love with Walter as she did in the film but this was more true to life; there are some people you just can't love as much as you try to and as much as they'd like you to love them. We then digressed into discussing bridesmaids and Julian opted out and reread bits of the book (Alison holds the current British record for being a bridesmaid the most times). I found the book really dramatic - the opening scene where Kitty and Charlie are in bed and Walter's trying the door; Kitty being forced to stay with Charlie and his wife where Charlie seduces Kitty again though she desperately wants to be a better person. I also liked the way Maugham tried to understand his characters motivation. I will definitely read some more of his novels in the future.

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