Seventh sin

In this novel, the English writer Somerset Maugham dives into the depths of marital drama and explores the complexities of human relationships under the pressures of betrayal and moral crises. The novel's events revolve around Kitty, the wife of Dr. Walter Finn, a bacteriological researcher working in Hong Kong, one of Britain's colonies. Kitty falls for Townsend, the charismatic and eloquent lieutenant governor, and finds herself involved in a forbidden affair that embodies the seventh sin...