Desperate Remedies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781731701916)

Hardy's first published novel, Desperate Remedies (1871), a piece of sensation fiction that encompasses illegitimacy, murder, blackmail, impersonation, and bigamy, was originally published anonymously. Written while, in Hardy's own words, he was 'feeling his way to a method', it nonetheless contains early examples of the kinds of extreme situations and emotions that continued to play a significant role in his later plots. As part of The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy, this edition of the novel provides an authoritative text; full scholarly apparatus that allows the reader to trace Hardy's creative process; an introductory essay discussing the work's composition, publication, and critical reception; and comprehensive explanatory notes.

Author: Thomas Hardy
ISBN-10: 1731701918
ISBN-13: 9781731701916
Publisher: Simon & Brown
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2018
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d