A Pair of Blue Eyes
by:
Thomas Hardy (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940011874123 (0011874120)
Publish date: November 30th 2010
Publisher: Quality Classics
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
19th Century,
English Literature,
Victoriana
While I was reading this book, I initially wondered about why it was considered one of Hardy's lesser novels. It is not quite so dark and brooding as most of his works, but it has exceptionally good courtship scenes. The central heroine of the novel is marvellously done and the writing and landsca...
bookshelves: play-dramatisation, victorian, autumn-2010, published-1873, classic Recommended for: BBC7 listeners Read from October 20 to 22, 2010 Stars Janet Maw and Sean Arnold.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...3 x 1 hour episodes 2 likes
First sentence: “Elfride Swancourt was a girl whose emotions lay very near the surface.”P. 99: “‘We would tell papa soon, would we not?’, she inquired timidly.”Last Sentence: “And side by side they both retraced their steps down the grey still valley to Castle Boterel.”This book was exactly as I tho...
Stars Janet Maw and Sean Arnold.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jphk/A_Pair_of_Blue_Eyes_Episode_1/3 x 1 hour episodes
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