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Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy (1998, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN 13: 9780140435238. Author: Thomas Hardy ISBN 10: 0140435239. Will be clean, not soiled or stained. Edition: New Ed List Price: -. Books will be free of page markings.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140435239
ISBN-139780140435238
eBay Product ID (ePID)260049
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleDesperate Remedies
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorThomas Hardy
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-230906
Dewey Edition21
Notes byRimmer, Mary
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey DecimalFIC
Grade ToUP
SynopsisHardy described Desperate Remedies as a tale of 'mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity'. Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative steward Manston. Blackmail, murder and romance are among the ingredients of Hardy's first published novel, and in it he draws blithely on the 'sensation novel' perfected by Wilkie Collins. Several perceptive critics praised the author as a novelist with a future when Desperate Remedies appeared anonymously in 1871. In its depiction of country life and insight into psychology and sexuality it already bears the unmistakable imprint of Hardy's genius., Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative steward Manston. Blackmail, murder and romance are among the ingredients of Hardy's first published novel, and in it he draws blithely on the 'sensation novel' perfected by Wilkie Collins. Several perceptive critics praised the author as a novelist with a future when Desperate Remedies appeared anonymously in 1871. In its depiction of country life and insight into psychology and sexuality it already bears the unmistakable imprint of Hardy's genius. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification NumberPR4750.D38 1998
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- 26 Jan, 2022
Pick your plot ….
As I reread all Hardy’s works I read in the 70s and 80s, I’m thrilled to find several more I missed. Desperate Remedies is not disappointing, this early novel with many plots all of which he completes in the end.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
