Thomas Hardy
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
Paperback
(Independently published July 27, 2020)
Young Mrs. Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well-appointed inn in a Wessex town to take acountry walk. By her look and carriage she appeared to belong to that gentle order of society which has noworldly sorrow except when its jewellery gets stolen; but, as a fact not generally known, her claim todistinction was rather one of brains than of blood. She was the daughter of a gentleman who lived in a largehouse not his own, and began life as a baby christened Ethelberta after an infant of title who does not comeinto the story at all, having merely furnished Ethelberta’s mother with a subject of contemplation. Shebecame teacher in a school, was praised by examiners, admired by gentlemen, not admired by gentlewomen,was touched up with accomplishments 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 likeherself, died from a chill caught during the wedding tour, and a few weeks later was followed into the graveby Sir Ralph Petherwin, his unforgiving father, who had bequeathed his wealth to his wife absolutely.
- ISBN
- / 9798669840242
- Pages
- 262
- Weight
- 20.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 0.6 in.
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