A Pair of Blue Eyes

Thomas Hardy

Gill read this after visiting the area in Cornwall that played a large part in its genesis, including the church that Hardy really did renovate and the area where he met his future wife. The story is almost autobiographical in this respect and Gill found it a compulsive read. A slightly irritating feature was the starting of each chapter with a quotation - a common Victorian custom.The main themes are to do with class division and snobbery and there is no happy ending, as usual with Hardy. Recommended.
Gill 3/8/03

By the same author

The Hand of Ethelberta
The Well Beloved
Two on a Tower
Under the Greenwood Tree

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