Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141938110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"See if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker's hands like mine." So Rhoda Brook, the abandoned mistress of Farmer Lodge, is jealous to discover details of his new bride in 'The Withered Arm', the title story in this selection of Hardy's finest short stories. Hardy's first story, 'Destiny and a Blue Cloak' was written fresh from the success of Far From the Madding Crowd. Beautiful in their own right, these stories are also testing-grounds for the novels in their controversial sexual politics, their refusal of romance structures, and their elegiac pursuit of past, lost loves. Several of the stories in The Withered Arm were collected to form the famous volume, Wessex Tales (1888), the first time Hardy denoted 'Wessex' to describe his fictional world. The Withered Arm is the first of a new two-volume selection of Hardy's short stories, edited with an introduction and notes by Kristin Brady.
The Withered Arm and Other Stories 1874-1888
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141938110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"See if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker's hands like mine." So Rhoda Brook, the abandoned mistress of Farmer Lodge, is jealous to discover details of his new bride in 'The Withered Arm', the title story in this selection of Hardy's finest short stories. Hardy's first story, 'Destiny and a Blue Cloak' was written fresh from the success of Far From the Madding Crowd. Beautiful in their own right, these stories are also testing-grounds for the novels in their controversial sexual politics, their refusal of romance structures, and their elegiac pursuit of past, lost loves. Several of the stories in The Withered Arm were collected to form the famous volume, Wessex Tales (1888), the first time Hardy denoted 'Wessex' to describe his fictional world. The Withered Arm is the first of a new two-volume selection of Hardy's short stories, edited with an introduction and notes by Kristin Brady.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141938110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"See if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker's hands like mine." So Rhoda Brook, the abandoned mistress of Farmer Lodge, is jealous to discover details of his new bride in 'The Withered Arm', the title story in this selection of Hardy's finest short stories. Hardy's first story, 'Destiny and a Blue Cloak' was written fresh from the success of Far From the Madding Crowd. Beautiful in their own right, these stories are also testing-grounds for the novels in their controversial sexual politics, their refusal of romance structures, and their elegiac pursuit of past, lost loves. Several of the stories in The Withered Arm were collected to form the famous volume, Wessex Tales (1888), the first time Hardy denoted 'Wessex' to describe his fictional world. The Withered Arm is the first of a new two-volume selection of Hardy's short stories, edited with an introduction and notes by Kristin Brady.
The Withered Arm and Other Wessex Tales
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858782546
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Thomas Hardy wrote about the people and places he knew, and never more directly than in his short stories. They are full of the characters and incidents of his immediate experience - smugglers, healers, country musicians, local squires and parsons, the eccentric and the strait-laced.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858782546
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Thomas Hardy wrote about the people and places he knew, and never more directly than in his short stories. They are full of the characters and incidents of his immediate experience - smugglers, healers, country musicians, local squires and parsons, the eccentric and the strait-laced.
The Withered Arm
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726959860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Milkmaid Rhoda Brooks cannot control her jealousy of Gertrude - a beautiful woman who has just married a rich farmer. So when Gertrude appears in her dream she cannot help but reach out and grab the arm of the woman she wishes she was. As Gertrude's arm begins to wither away in real life and no physicians are able to give her a solution, she must turn to a conjurer. Considered one of Hardy's most successful short stories, 'The Withered Arm' is unmissable for those who enjoyed the suspense of Edgar Allen Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an architect by trade, but he is best remembered for the major contributions that he made to the literary world. He wrote both novels and poetry and was famed for his pessimistic outlook. The most notable of his works include 'Jude The Obscure', 'Far from the Madding Crowd', and 'Tess of the d'Ubervilles'. His gloomy prose is ideal for fans of Dickens, Defoe, and Keats.
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726959860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Milkmaid Rhoda Brooks cannot control her jealousy of Gertrude - a beautiful woman who has just married a rich farmer. So when Gertrude appears in her dream she cannot help but reach out and grab the arm of the woman she wishes she was. As Gertrude's arm begins to wither away in real life and no physicians are able to give her a solution, she must turn to a conjurer. Considered one of Hardy's most successful short stories, 'The Withered Arm' is unmissable for those who enjoyed the suspense of Edgar Allen Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an architect by trade, but he is best remembered for the major contributions that he made to the literary world. He wrote both novels and poetry and was famed for his pessimistic outlook. The most notable of his works include 'Jude The Obscure', 'Far from the Madding Crowd', and 'Tess of the d'Ubervilles'. His gloomy prose is ideal for fans of Dickens, Defoe, and Keats.
The Withered Arm and Other Wessex Tales, Thomas Hardy
Author: Carolyn Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780582382008
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Key features of this text: How to study the text Author and historical background General and detailed summaries Commentary on themes, structure, characters, language and style Glossaries Test questions and issues to consider Essay writing advice Cultural connections Literary terms Illustrations Colour design
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780582382008
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Key features of this text: How to study the text Author and historical background General and detailed summaries Commentary on themes, structure, characters, language and style Glossaries Test questions and issues to consider Essay writing advice Cultural connections Literary terms Illustrations Colour design
The Withered Arm and Other Wessex Tales
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9780435122874
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Thomas Hardy wrote about the people and places he knew, and never more directly than in his short stories. They are full of the characters and incidents of his immediate experience - smugglers, healers, country musicians, local squires and parsons, the eccentric and the strait-laced.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9780435122874
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Thomas Hardy wrote about the people and places he knew, and never more directly than in his short stories. They are full of the characters and incidents of his immediate experience - smugglers, healers, country musicians, local squires and parsons, the eccentric and the strait-laced.
Wessex Tales
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wessex (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wessex (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Withered Arm and Other Stories 1874-1888
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780141882420
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Part one of a two-volume selection of Hardy's short fiction. This volume covers the stories contained in Wessex Tales (1888) and A Group of Noble Dames (1891).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780141882420
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Part one of a two-volume selection of Hardy's short fiction. This volume covers the stories contained in Wessex Tales (1888) and A Group of Noble Dames (1891).
An Imaginative Woman
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
This is a short story written by Thomas Hardy was published in Wessex. This tells of a woman, a wife and a mother who aspires to be a poet and who falls in love with a male poet she never meets. As a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
This is a short story written by Thomas Hardy was published in Wessex. This tells of a woman, a wife and a mother who aspires to be a poet and who falls in love with a male poet she never meets. As a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.
Wessex Tales
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427027501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Wessex Tales includes the stories An Imaginative Woman, The Three Strangers, The Withered Arm, Fellow-Townsmen, Interlopers at the Knap, and The Distracted Preacher. Based on fact, the narratives describe the life, culture, and ways of the inhabitants of Wessex....
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427027501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Wessex Tales includes the stories An Imaginative Woman, The Three Strangers, The Withered Arm, Fellow-Townsmen, Interlopers at the Knap, and The Distracted Preacher. Based on fact, the narratives describe the life, culture, and ways of the inhabitants of Wessex....
The Melancholy Hussar
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Collector's Library
ISBN: 9781904919506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher: Collector's Library
ISBN: 9781904919506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description