The Hand of Ethelberta Tapa blanda - 1998

From the book:Young Mrs. Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well-appointed inn in a Wessex town to take a country walk. By her look and carriage she appeared to belong to that gentle order of society which has no worldly sorrow except when its jewellery gets stolen; but, as a fact not generally known, her claim to distinction was rather one of brains than of blood. She was the daughter of a gentleman who lived in a large house not his own, and began life as a baby christened Ethelberta after an infant of title who does not come into the story at all, having merely furnished Ethelberta's mother with a subject of contemplation. She became teacher in a school, was praised by examiners, admired by gentlemen, not admired by gentlewomen, was touched up with accomp-lishments by masters who were coaxed into painstaking by her many graces, and, entering a mansion as governess to the daughter thereof, was stealthily married by the son. He, a minor like herself, died from a chill caught during the wedding tour, and a few weeks later was followed into the grave by Sir Ralph Petherwin, his unforgiving father, who had bequeathed his wealth to his wife absolutely.

Detalles

• Título The Hand of Ethelberta
• Autor Thomas Hardy; Introduction by Tim Dolin; Notes by Tim Dolin
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición New Ed
• Páginas 512
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Penguin Group, London
• Fecha de publicación 1998-01-01
• Ilustrado Sí
• ISBN 9780140435023 / 0140435026
• Peso 0.9 libras (0.41 kg)
• Dimensiones 7.64 x 5.42 x 1.27 pulgadas (19.41 x 13.77 x 3.23 cm)
• Época de 18 a UP años
• Cursos 13 - UP
• Library of Congress subjects Humorous fiction, Impostors and imposture - Fiction
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 98171481
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC

"The Hand of Ethelberta is … a portrait of two artists – Ethelberta Petherwin and Thomas Hardy …"
—Tim Dolin