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The Hand Of Ethhelberta - A Comedy In Chapters
Author: Thomas Hardy

Originally published in 1912, this is a satirical work that looks at life from a perspective that was rarely seen at the time of writing, from the servants view. Since it's original publication, the social foreground was reversed, and it became increasingly acceptable to present life from the servant's perspective, and place importance upon them... more » as prinicpal characters. Author: Thomas Hardy Language: English Keywords: Literature Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Excerpt From text: Wessex Edition THE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY IN PROSE AND VERSE WITH PREFACES AND NOTES PROSE VOL. XVI THE WESSEX NOVELS III.NOVELS OF INGENUITY THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA A COMEDY IN CHAPTERS BY THOMAS HARDY PREFACE THIS somewhat frivolous narrative was produced as an interlude between stories of a more sober design, and it was given the subtitle of a comedy to indicate though not quite accuratelythe aim of the performance. A high degree of probability was not attempted in the arrangement of the incidents, and there was expected of the reader a certain lightness of mood, which should inform him with a goodnatured willingness to accept the production in the spirit in which it was offered. The characters themselves, however, were meant to be consistent and human. On its first appearance the novel suffered, perhaps deservedly, for what was involved in these intentions for its quality of unexpectedness in particularthat unforgivable sin in the critics sightthe immediate precursor of Ethelberta having been a purely rural tale. Moreover, in its choice of medium, and line of perspective, it undertook a delicate task : to excite interest in a dramaif such a dignified word may be used in the connectionwherein servants were as important as, or more important than, their masters wherein the drawingroom was sketched in many cases from the point of view of the servants hall. Such a reversal of the social foreground has, perhaps, since grown more welcome, and readers even of the finer crusted kind may now be disposed to pardon a writer for presenting the sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Chickerel as beings who come within the scope of a congenial regard. December 1895. P. S.The surmise ventured upon in the note abovethat the subject of this book was growing more welcome with the lapse of timehas been borne out by events. Imaginary circumstances that on its first publication were deemed eccentric and almost impossible are now paralleled on the stage and in novels, and accepted as reasonable and interesting pictures of life which suggests that the comedy or, more accurately, satireissued in April 1876 appeared thirtyfive years too soon. The artificial treatment perceptible in many of the pages was adopted for reasons that seemed good at the date of writing for a story of that class, and has not been changed. T. H. August 1912. CONTENTS PAGE 1.

ISBN-13: 9781846644399
ISBN-10: 1846644399
Publication Date: 2/14/2006
Pages: 476
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Publisher: Obscure Press
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