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The Well-Beloved

by Thomas Hardy · 1892

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The Wessex novels seriesbook 17

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Set on the Isle of Slingers, this novel follows the exploits of Jocelyn Pierston, a sculptor who falls in love successively with three generations of island women, seeking female perfection, just as he strives to realise the ideal woman in stone.

Genre
romancehistorical fictionVictorian
Setting
20th centuryVictorianEngland
Audience
adult
Length
short · 196 pages

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