The Well-Beloved

by Hardy, Thomas; Page, Norman

• ISBN13: 9780460876254
• ISBN10: 0460876252
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Everymans Library

Summary

Jocelyn seeks female prefection, ultimately he and Marcia are alike in that, like the rock of Portland, both have been sculpted by and subjected to the chisellings of time.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
General Editor'S PREFACE	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Note On The Text	p. xxix
Select Bibliography	p. xxxiv
A Chronologyof Thomas Hardy	p. xxxvii
Preface	p. 3
A Young Man Of Twenty	p. 7
Supposititious Presentment of Her I.--I	p. 9
The Incarnation Is Assumed to Be True I.--Ii	p. 14
The Appointment I.--Iii	p. 20
A Lonely Pedestrian I.-Iv	p. 22
A Charge I.-V	p. 26
On the Brink I.--Vi	p. 32
Her Earlier Incarnations I.--Vii	p. 36
'too like the Lightning' I.--Viii	p. 42
Familiar Phenomena In the Distance I.--Ix	p. 49
A Young Man Of Forty	p. 53
The Old Phantom Becomes Distinct Ii.--I	p. 55
She Draws Close And Satisfies Ii.--Ii	p. 64
She Becomes An Inaccessible Ghost	p. 70
She Threatens to Resume Corporeal Substance Ii.--Iv	p. 78
The Resumption Takes Place Ii.-V	p. 83
The Past Shines In the Present Ii.-Vi	p. 87
The New Becomes Established Ii.--Vii	p. 94
His Own Soul Confronts Him Ii.--Viii	p. 101
Juxtapositions Ii.--Ix	p. 106
She Fails to Vanish Still	p. 113
The Image Persists Ii.--Xi	p. 119
A Grille Descends Between Ii.--Xii	p. 124
She is Enshrouded From Sight Ii.-Xiii	p. 133
A Young Man Of Sixty	p. 137
She Returns for The New Season Iii.-I	p. 139
Misgivings on The Re-Embodiment Iii-Ii	p. 148
The Renewed Image Burns Itself In Iii.--Iii	p. 154
A Dash for The Last Incarnation Iii.-Iv	p. 161
On the Verge of Possession Iii.-V	p. 170
The, Well-Beloved Is Where?Iii.-Vi	p. 179
An Old Tabernacle In a New Aspect Iii.--Vii	p. 190
'Alas for This Grey Shadow Once a Man!'Iii.-Viii	p. 196
Appendix A Comparison Of The Books Version Withthe Original Serial Version Of The Story	p. 207
Explanatory Notes	p. 257
Dialect Glossary	p. 275
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