| Edition |
New ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (lviii, 374 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
General Editor's Preface; Map of Hardy's Wessex; Map of Locations in A Pair of Blue Eyes; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Thomas Hardy; A PAIR OF BLUE EYES; Appendix: The Opening of the Tinsleys' Magazine Edition; Explanatory Notes. |
| Summary |
Blue-eyed and high-spirited, Elfride Swancourt has little experience of the world beyond her remote parish, and becomes entangled with two men: the boyish architect, Stephen Smith, and the older literary man, Henry Knight. The former friends become rivals, and Elfride faces an agonizing choice. Elfride's dilemma mirrors the difficult decision Hardy himself had to make with this novel: to pursue the profession of architecture, where he was established, or literature, where he had. yet to make his name? - ;'Elfride Swancourt was a girl whose emotions lay very near the surface.'. Elfride is the d. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Separation (Psychology) |
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Elopement -- Fiction.
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Elopement. |
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Wessex (England) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Didactic fiction.
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| Subject |
Love triangles. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Manford, Alan.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Pair of blue eyes. New ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005019430 |
| ISBN |
9780191517969 (electronic book) |
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0191517968 (electronic book) |
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9780192840738 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0192840738 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0192840738 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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