Desperate Remedies [electronic resource]
Thomas Hardy2006
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Hardy described Desperate Remedies as a tale of 'mystery, entanglement, surprise
and moral obliquity'.
Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer
Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is
already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss
Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative steward Manston.
Blackmail, murder and romance are among the ingredients of Hardy's first
published novel, and in it he draws blithely on the 'sensation novel' perfected
by Wilkie Collins. Several perceptive critics praised the author as a novelist
with a future when Desperate Remedies appeared anonymously in 1871. In its
depiction of country life and insight into psychology and sexuality it already
bears the unmistakable imprint of Hardy's genius.
Main title:
Desperate Remedies [electronic resource] / Thomas Hardy
Author:
Thomas Hardy, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2006
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (512 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141922010
Language:
English
BRN:
433561
Electronic access:
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |