A Group of Noble Dames (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

In this 1891 collection of ten stories, divided into two parts, "Before Dinner" and "After Dinner," Hardy returns to his invented county of Wessex for a behind-the-scenes look at the dynamics of country families and the women that hold them together:  "a store of ladies, whose bright eyes rain influence."

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A Group of Noble Dames (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

In this 1891 collection of ten stories, divided into two parts, "Before Dinner" and "After Dinner," Hardy returns to his invented county of Wessex for a behind-the-scenes look at the dynamics of country families and the women that hold them together:  "a store of ladies, whose bright eyes rain influence."

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A Group of Noble Dames (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A Group of Noble Dames (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Thomas Hardy
A Group of Noble Dames (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A Group of Noble Dames (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Thomas Hardy

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In this 1891 collection of ten stories, divided into two parts, "Before Dinner" and "After Dinner," Hardy returns to his invented county of Wessex for a behind-the-scenes look at the dynamics of country families and the women that hold them together:  "a store of ladies, whose bright eyes rain influence."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781411436374
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Publication date: 03/22/2011
Series: Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 286
File size: 230 KB
Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was among the greatest English novelists of his time. A naturalist infused with romanticism and enlightenment thinking, along with a flair for the supernatural, Hardy focused on class divisions and social norms. While his poetry is greatly admired, he is famed for novels like Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks
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