Kitty, a woman, meets Dr. Walter Fane, a shy and intelligent man who studies infectious diseases. They get married, but Kitty has an affair with a diplomat named Charlie. They travel to China, where they face a cholera outbreak and a failing marriage.
The Painted Veil
A doctor navigates a deadly cholera epidemic in a remote Chinese village, confronting the moral dilemmas of his profession while also struggling to reconcile his troubled marriage amidst the chaos.
