A Pair Of Blue Eyes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781169334915)

A Pair of Blue Eyes is a novel written by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1873. It tells the story of Elfride Swancourt, a young woman living in a small village in Cornwall, England. Elfride is beautiful and intelligent, but she is also naive and inexperienced in matters of the heart.The novel follows Elfride's relationships with two men: Stephen Smith, a young architect who is working on a project in the village, and Henry Knight, a middle-aged writer who becomes Elfride's mentor. Elfride is torn between her love for Stephen, who is passionate and impulsive, and her admiration for Henry, who is wise and experienced.As Elfride navigates the complexities of love and relationships, she must also confront the expectations of society and the limitations placed on women in Victorian England. The novel explores themes of love, class, gender, and the conflict between tradition and modernity.A Pair of Blue Eyes is considered one of Hardy's early works and is often seen as a precursor to his later, more famous novels such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. It is a beautifully written and engaging story that captures the spirit of its time while still resonating with modern readers.Bede's Inn has this peculiarity, that it faces, receives from, and discharges into a bustling thoroughfare speaking only of wealth and respectability, whilst its postern abuts on as crowded and poverty-stricken a network of alleys as are to be found anywhere in the metropolis. The moral consequences are, first, that those who occupy chambers in the Inn may see a great deal of shirtless humanity's habits and enjoyments.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Thomas Hardy
ISBN-10: 1169334911
ISBN-13: 9781169334915
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 394
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.88d