A Laodicean; a story of today. By: Thomas Hardy ( NOVEL ) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544690407)

A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stanceys. A Story of To-Day is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1880-81 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. The plot exhibits devices uncommon in Hardy's other fiction, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs.Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who has purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from London. Somerset represents modernity in the novel. In the village there is an amateur photographer, William Dare, who is the illegitimate son of Captain De Stancy, an impoverished scion of the family. Captain De Stancy represents a dream of medieval nobility to Paula.

Author: Thomas Hardy
ISBN-10: 1544690401
ISBN-13: 9781544690407
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2017
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.51d