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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas Hardy, Patricia Ingham (Editor)Series:Oxford World's ClassicsTheme:Cultural Region/British, Sex & Gender/FemininePublish date:2009-04-15Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199554829ISBN-10:019955482XUPC:9780199554829Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, LiterarySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SC1C0ZFPFQ
Hardy's first published work, Desperate Remedies moves the sensation novel into new territory. The anti-hero, Aeneas Manston, as physically alluring as he is evil, even fascinates the innocent Cytherea, though she is in love with another man. When he cannot seduce her, Manston resorts to deception, blackmail, bigamy, murder, and rape. Yet this compelling story also raises the great questions underlying Hardy's major novels, which relate to the injustice of the class system, the treatment of women, probability and causality. This edition shows for the first time that the sensation novel was always Hardy's natural genre. It is based on the first edition text, and includes later prefaces and the Wessex Poems "dissolved" into prose.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199554829ISBN-10:019955482XUPC:9780199554829Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, LiterarySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SC1C0ZFPFQ
Patricia Ingham has edited texts by Hardy (including Jude the Obscure for OWC), Dickens, Gaskell and Gissing, as well as writing widely on the Victorian novel. She is the General Editor of the Authors in Context series in OWC, and author of the volume on Thomas Hardy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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