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    Title
    A Pair of Blue Eyes
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Thomas Hardy, Introduction by Pamela Dalziel, Edited by Pamela Dalziel, Notes by Pamela Dalziel
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 480
    Width: 129 mm
    Height: 198 mm
    Thickness: 20 mm
    Weight: 330 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780140435290
    ISBN 10: 0140435298
    Classifications
    Dewey: FIC
    BISAC category code: FIC004000
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1DBKE
    BIC language qualifier (language as subject): 2ACD
    Dewey: 823.8
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: F1.1
    Dewey: 823/.8
    Illustrations note
    Illustrations, 1 facsim.
    Publisher
    Penguin Books Ltd
    Imprint name
    PENGUIN CLASSICS
    Publication date
    01 December 1998
    Publication City/Country
    London/GB
    Biographical note
    THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) was recognized, and even revered, as the major literary figure of his time. The majority of his major novels are available in Penguin Classics.
    Main description
    When Elfride Swancourt meets Stephen Smith, she is attracted not only to his handsome face and gentle bearing but also to the sense of mystery which surrounds him. Distressed to find that the mystery consists only in the humbleness of his origins, she nonetheless remains true to their youthful vows. But societal pressures, combined with the advent of the intellectually superior Henry Knight, eventually displace her affections. Knight, however, proves to be an uncompromising moralist who, obsessed with fears about Elfride's sexual past, destroys her happiness. In writing of this poignant struggle between classes and sexes, Hardy drew heavily on his own relationships with his family, fiancée, and closest friend. In the Introduction to this new edition, Pamela Dalziel discovers fascinating parallels between Hardy's life and his art, and probes the paradoxes lying behind his portrayal of these complex characters and the society which shapes them.