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The well-beloved

  • Thomas Hardy

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Jocelyn Pierston, a sculptor of growing fame, is determined to find his ideal in womanhood, a quest that has led to many fruitless encounters. For just as it seems he has found his heart's desire, disillusionment sets in and his burning love turns to ashes. Returning to Portland, his birthplace, he meets young, innocent Avice Caro. They are betrothed until a fateful meeting with the self-assured Marcia Bencomb changes the course of his life yet again. Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Sculptors
  • Mothers and daughters
  • English fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Romance
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • England, fiction
  • Fiction, general
  • Man-woman relationships, fiction
  • Fiction, psychological
  • Mothers and daughters, fiction
  • Wessex (england), fiction
  • Fiction, romance, general
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About the author

  • Thomas Hardy

    2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928

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    99 ratings ยท 1651 works

Editions

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    IndyPublish

    August 9, 2007

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    Penguin Books Ltd

    May 25, 1995

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    Oxford University Press, USA

    September 17, 1998

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    Adamant Media Corporation

    February 5, 2007

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1st World Library - Literary Society

February 20, 2006

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    IndyPublish.com

    January 2003

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    [New ed.]

    Macmillan

    1903

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    BiblioBazaar

    August 20, 2007

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    IndyPublish.com

    May 30, 2005

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    Editions Zulma

    February 3, 2005

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    IndyPublish.com

    January 2003

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    Kessinger Publishing

    June 30, 2004

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    IndyPublish.com

    February 28, 2004

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    Dodo Press

    May 4, 2007

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    1st World Library - Literary Society

    September 1, 2004

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    1st World Library

    2004

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    BiblioBazaar

    August 20, 2007

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    Hard Press

    November 3, 2006

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    Harper

    1897

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    Everyman Paperback Classics

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    Osgood, McIlvaine

    1897

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    Macmillan

    1976

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    Harper

    1905

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    Macmillan

    1903

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    Macmillan, St.Martin's Press

    1958

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    [Library ed.]

    Macmillan

    1960

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    Osgood,McIlvaine and Co

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    St Martins Pr

    February 1978

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    [New ed.]

    Macmillan

    1903

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    Library ed.

    Macmillan

    1952

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    Harper

    1912

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    Macmillan

    1927

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    Macmillan

    1907

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    Macmillan

    1911

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    [Wessex ed.]

    Macmillan

    1925

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    [Greenwood ed.]

    Macmillan

    1968

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    Greenwood ed.

    Macmillan, St. Martin's Press

    1968

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    Wessex edition.

    Macmillan

    1912

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    Macmillan

    1912

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    Folio Society

    1993

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    Harper

    1912

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    Unabridged edition

    Chivers Audio Books

    July 2001

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    J.M. Dent, C.E. Tuttle

    1997

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    Unabridged edition

    Chivers Audio Books

    July 2001

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    Harper & Brothers

    1897

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    Penguin

    1995

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    Macmillan

    1997

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    Macmillan

    1964

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    NuVision Publications

    2004

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    Classic Books

    May 2000