The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved & The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy
The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved & The Well-Beloved

Thomas Hardy

The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved & The Well-Beloved

Thomas Hardy with Patricia Ingham

416 pages first pub 1892 (editions)

fiction classics reflective medium-paced

Description

Set on the Isle of Slingers, this novel follows the exploits of Jocelyn Pierston, a sculptor who falls in love successively with three generations of island women, seeking female perfection, just as he strives to realise the ideal woman in stone.

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