Desperate Remedies
a Novel
$38.87
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
23 October 1998
Summary
Hardy’s first published work, Desperate Remedies, combines a murder mystery with a powerful love story. Hardy himself described it as a tale of “mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity.”
The story follows Cytherea, who has taken a position as lady’s maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. Upon discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea falls under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe’s fascinating and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140435238 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140435239 |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy, Mary Rimmer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 23 October 1998 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Thomas Hardy
THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) was recognized, and even revered, as the major literary figure of his time by his contemporaries.
MARY RIMMER is Associate Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. She has written extensively on Hardy, and is currently writing a book on narrative voice in Hardy.
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