The Distracted Preacher Bythomas Hardy

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141922027

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The Distracted Preacher and Other Tales by Thomas Hardy Pdf

The darkly passionate short stories of Thomas Hardy are compelling explorations of love, social class, superstition and legend. This collection contains many of his finest and most representative, and includes 'The Withered Arm', an eerie depiction of arcane witchcraft in nineteenth-century England; 'Barbara of the House of Grebe', in which a beautiful man's tragic disfigurement by fire is savagely exploited by his rival; 'The Son's Veto', showing the cruelty of an educated youth towards his ignorant but tender mother; and 'The Distracted Preacher', the story of one man's conflict between heartfelt love and his own sense of moral and civic duty. By turns moving and poetic, and surprisingly modern and brutally macabre, these eloquent tales may be numbered among the greatest creations of Hardy's genius.

Author : Timothy R. Hands
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1989-07-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349200337

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Thomas Hardy: Distracted Preacher? by Timothy R. Hands Pdf

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Distracted Preacher ByThomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy Pdf

When young Mr. Stockdale arrives in a small village to fill in for the Methodist minister, he finds himself pining for his comely new landlady. But she leads a mysterious life, keeping odd hours and speaking in hushed tones. As his love for her grows, he’s soon at the center of a hilarious high-stakes adventure, complete with slapstick, hijinks, and a marauding band of cross-dressers. And he’s forced to choose: follow his heart or his higher purpose?

Author : Christine Gallant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Ambivalence in literature
ISBN : 031202696X

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Shelley's Ambivalence by Christine Gallant Pdf

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:459762287

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The Distracted Preacher by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141938110

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The Withered Arm and Other Stories 1874-1888 by Thomas Hardy Pdf

"See if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker's hands like mine." So Rhoda Brook, the abandoned mistress of Farmer Lodge, is jealous to discover details of his new bride in 'The Withered Arm', the title story in this selection of Hardy's finest short stories. Hardy's first story, 'Destiny and a Blue Cloak' was written fresh from the success of Far From the Madding Crowd. Beautiful in their own right, these stories are also testing-grounds for the novels in their controversial sexual politics, their refusal of romance structures, and their elegiac pursuit of past, lost loves. Several of the stories in The Withered Arm were collected to form the famous volume, Wessex Tales (1888), the first time Hardy denoted 'Wessex' to describe his fictional world. The Withered Arm is the first of a new two-volume selection of Hardy's short stories, edited with an introduction and notes by Kristin Brady.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1183344216

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The Distracted Preacher by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547028468

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An Imaginative Woman by Thomas Hardy Pdf

This is a short story written by Thomas Hardy was published in Wessex. This tells of a woman, a wife and a mother who aspires to be a poet and who falls in love with a male poet she never meets. As a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775454014

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Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Dip into this delightful volume of short stories from famed British author Thomas Hardy. Spanning myriad aspects of nineteenth-century life, this eclectic collection of tales -- by turns quaint and caustic -- is sure to sate your craving for stories from the English countryside.

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726959864

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The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Milkmaid Rhoda Brooks cannot control her jealousy of Gertrude - a beautiful woman who has just married a rich farmer. So when Gertrude appears in her dream she cannot help but reach out and grab the arm of the woman she wishes she was. As Gertrude's arm begins to wither away in real life and no physicians are able to give her a solution, she must turn to a conjurer. Considered one of Hardy's most successful short stories, 'The Withered Arm' is unmissable for those who enjoyed the suspense of Edgar Allen Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an architect by trade, but he is best remembered for the major contributions that he made to the literary world. He wrote both novels and poetry and was famed for his pessimistic outlook. The most notable of his works include 'Jude The Obscure', 'Far from the Madding Crowd', and 'Tess of the d'Ubervilles'. His gloomy prose is ideal for fans of Dickens, Defoe, and Keats.

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11664339

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A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Thorndike Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0783803516

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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy Pdf

One of Hardy's most powerful novels, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" opens with a shocking and haunting scene: In a drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor at a local fair. When they return to Casterbridge some nineteen years later, Henchard--having gained power and success as the mayor--finds he cannot erase the past or the guilt that consumes him. "The Mayor of Casterbridge" is a rich, psychological novel about a man whose own flaws combine with fate to cause his ruin. This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative 1912 Wessex edition, as well as Hardy's map of Wessex.

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781427045492

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Interlopers at the Knap by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the let...

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 1219 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783849640460

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The Short Stories Of Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy Pdf

This is the annotated edition including a rare biographical essay on the life and works of the author. This compilation of Thomas Hardy's short stories is one of the most complete on the book market. Every single story was tracked down and integrated into this book. Hours of enjoyable reading lies ahead of you because Hardy was a real genius among the English fiction writers. From the contents: A Changed Man The Waiting Supper Alicia's Diary The Grave By The Handpost Enter A Dragoon A Tryst At An Ancient Earth Work What The Shepherd Saw: A Tale Of Four Moonlight Nights A Committee-Man Of 'The Terror' Master John Horseleigh, Knight The Duke's Reappearance—A Family Tradition A Mere Interlude The First Countess Of Wessex Barbara Of The House Of Grebe The Marchioness Of Stonehenge Lady Mottisfont The Lady Icenway Squire Petrick's Lady Anna, Lady Baxby The Lady Penelope The Duchess Of Hamptonshire The Honourable Laura The Son's Veto For Conscience' Sake A Tragedy Of Two Ambitions On The Western Circuit To Please His Wife The Melancholy Hussar Of The German Legion The Fiddler Of The Reels A Tradition Of Eighteen Hundred And Four A Few Crusted Characters Tony Kytes, The Arch-Deceiver The History Of The Hardcomes The Superstitious Man's Story Andrey Satchel And The Parson And Clerk Old Andrey's Experience As A Musician Absent-Mindedness In A Parish Choir The Winters And The Palmleys Incident In The Life Of Mr. George Crookhill Netty Sargent's Copyhold An Imaginative Woman The Three Strangers ... and many more ...

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Clipper Audio
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Dorset (England)
ISBN : 1471252191

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The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion by Thomas Hardy Pdf

A moving tale from the great writer Thomas Hardy, exposing the inequality of nineteenth century society In this short tragedy, the honourable behaviour of a young woman and the foreign soldier with whom she is in love is confronted by the hypocritical respectability of English society. The story ends in betrayal and execution. The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion contains all the elements of pastoral tragedy that are found in Hardy's novels, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Far From the Madding Crowd.