Description for Pair of Blue Eyes
Paperback. Rich with biographical echoes, this novel reveals the emergence of the schematic ironies which characterise the author's later works Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.
A Pair of Blue Eyes, though early in the sequence of Hardy's novels, is lively and gripping. Its dramatic cliff-hanging episode, for example, is at once tense, ironic, feministic and erotic.
With settings in Wessex and London, the novel also has some strongly autobiographical features, as the blue-eyed heroine, Elfride Swancourt, is based largely on Emma Gifford, who became Thomas Hardy's first wife. Elfride's vivacious nature attracts several lovers, but she is beset by sexual prejudice, and the ensuing ironies reveal the constraints of her times.
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Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Wordsworth Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853262777
SKU
V9781853262777
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-45
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