The hand of Ethelberta: A comedy in chapters (His The new Wessex edition)
by Hardy, Thomas
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- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0333177614
- ISBN 13
- 9780333177617
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From the book:Young Mrs. Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well-appointed inn in a Wessex town to take a country walk. By her look and carriage she appeared to belong to that gentle order of society which has no worldly sorrow except when its jewellery gets stolen; but, as a fact not generally known, her claim to distinction was rather one of brains than of blood. She was the daughter of a gentleman who lived in a large house not his own, and began life as a baby christened Ethelberta after an infant of title who does not come into the story at all, having merely furnished Ethelberta's mother with a subject of contemplation. She became teacher in a school, was praised by examiners, admired by gentlemen, not admired by gentlewomen, was touched up with accomp-lishments by masters who were coaxed into painstaking by her many graces, and, entering a mansion as governess to the daughter thereof, was stealthily married by the son. He, a minor like herself, died from a chill caught during the wedding tour, and a few weeks later was followed into the grave by Sir Ralph Petherwin, his unforgiving father, who had bequeathed his wealth to his wife absolutely.
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- Bookseller
- Russell Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Z501177
- Title
- The hand of Ethelberta: A comedy in chapters (His The new Wessex edition)
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0333177614
- ISBN 13
- 9780333177617
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- This edition first published
- 1975
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