Thomas Hardy's Desperate Remedies Paperback – Oxford World's Classics Edition
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Further Details Title: Desperate Remedies Condition: New EAN: 9780199554829 ISBN: 9780199554829 Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 02/26/2009 Item Height: 196mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 20mm Contributor: Patricia Ingham (Edited by) Language: English ISBN-10: 019955482X Description: 'She was swayed into emotional opinions concerning the strange man before her; new impulses of thought...entered into her with a gnawing thrill.'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 medium.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range 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, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Fiction Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Topic: Classic Fiction Author: Thomas Hardy Item Weight: 320g Release Year: 2009 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
