The Well Beloved

Thomas Hardy

This story is set on the Isle of Portland. Hardy's father was a stone mason so he knows all about the quarries. Although the book is set in 1840 it's not very Victorian. The well beloved is the main character's ideal woman but this is not the same person but moves from one woman, to her daughter and then her granddaughter all of whom he might have married but doesn't. Quite a gripping story.
Gill 14/9/03

By the same author

A Pair of Blue Eyes
The Hand of Ethelberta
Two on a Tower
Under the Greenwood Tree

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