A Laodicean

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

The changing of the old order in country manors and mansions may be slow or sudden, may have many issues romantic or otherwise, its romantic issues being not necessarily restricted to a change back to the original order; though this admissible instance appears to have been the only romance formerly recognized by novelists as possible in the case. Whether the following production be a picture of other possibilities or not, its incidents may be taken to be fairly well supported by evidence every day forthcoming in most counties

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412186735
Publisher:	eBooksLib
Publication date:	04/21/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	541 KB

About the Author

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) wrote novels and poetry, much of which is set in the semi-imaginary county of Wessex. His novels include Far From the Madding Crowd (1874), The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge(1886), Tess of the D'Urbervilles(1891) and Jude the Obscure (1895). He published his first volume of poetry, Wessex Poems, in 1898 and continued to publish collections of poems until his death.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface		vii	(3)
Chronology: Hardy's Life and Works		x	(4)
Map: The Wessex of the Novels		xiv	(1)
List of Illustrations		xv	(1)
Bibliographical Note		xvi	(1)
Introduction		xvii	(18)
Further Reading		xxxv	(1)
A Note on the History of the Text		xxxvi
A LAODICEAN		1	(379)
Book the First: George Somerset		1	(108)
Book the Second: Dare and Havill		109	(46)
Book the Third: De Stancy		155	(76)
Book the Fourth: Somerset, Dare and De Stancy		231	(30)
Book the Fifth: De Stancy and Paula		261	(84)
Book the Sixth: Paula		345	(35)
1896 Preface and 1912 Postscript		380	(3)
Notes		383	(36)
Appendix: A Note on the Illustrations		419	(6)
Glossary		425