A Pair of Blue Eyes (Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, Vol 10) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of A Pair of Blue Eyes (Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, Vol 10) Sunday, August 9 2009.

• 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. But, societal pressures, and the advent of the 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. Writing of the struggle between classes and sexes, Hardy drew heavily on his own relationships, and in the introduction, Pamela Dalziel discovers fascinating parallels between Hardy's life and his art.

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Pair of Blue Eyes (Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, Vol 10) Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Thomas Hardy:

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Pair of Blue Eyes (Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, Vol 10) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Thomas Hardy: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of A Pair of Blue Eyes (Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, Vol 10) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• ELFRIDE SWANCOURT was a girl whose emotions lay very near the surface.