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13 de out. de 2005 · Two years later, while still working in the architecture field, Hardy wrote the unpublished novel The Poor Man and the Lady. During the next five years, Hardy penned Desperate Remedies, Under the Greenwood Tree, and A Pair of Blue Eyes. In 1873, Hardy decided it was time to relinquish his architecture career and concentrate on writing full-time.
When Elfrise Swanston meets Stephen Smith she is attracted to his handsome face, gentle bearing and the sense of mystery which surrounds him. Although distressed to find that the mystery consists only in the humbleness of his origins, she remains true to their youthful vows.
Other articles where A Pair of Blue Eyes is discussed: Thomas Hardy: Early life and works: …endeavours, and his next novel, A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873), drew heavily upon the circumstances of their courtship for its wild Cornish setting and its melodramatic story of a young woman (somewhat resembling Emma Gifford) and the two men, friends become rivals, who successively pursue, misunderstand ...
31 de out. de 2021 · Phoemixx Classics Ebooks, Oct 31, 2021 - Fiction - 429 pages. A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy - Elfride finds herself caught in a battle between her heart, her mind and the expectations of her parents and society. The novel is notable for the strong parallels to Hardy and his first wife Emma Gifford. When Elfride's father finds that his guest ...
31 de mar. de 1998 · A Pair of Blue Eyes, though early in the sequence of Hardy's novels, is lively and gripping. Its dramatic cliff-hanging episode, for example, is at once tense, ironic, feministic and erotic. With settings in Wessex and London, the novel also has some strongly autobiographical features, as the blue-eyed heroine, Elfride Swancourt, is based largely on Emma Gifford, who became Thomas Hardy s ...
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In “A Pair of Blue Eyes,” Thomas Hardy explores the complexities of love and the pain that can come with it. One of the most prominent themes in the novel is the love triangle between Elfride Swancourt, Stephen Smith, and Henry Knight. Elfride, a young and beautiful woman, finds herself torn between two very different men.
This is a copyrighted computer-generated audio performance of Project Gutenberg's public domain book, "A Pair of Blue Eyes", by Thomas Hardy. Please read the License before distributing this eBook. Free use and distribution is encouraged! It is available as a series of MP3 files, one file per chapter. 9429-000.mp3. 9429-001.mp3. 9429-002.mp3.
