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The Well-Beloved is a story of one man's obsessive search for the perfect woman. Jocelyn Pierston is a sculptor. All his life he has been haunted by an image of beauty - the 'well-beloved' - which he yearns for both as an artist and as a lover. Glimpses of her are fleeting, as different women seem to embody this ideal for a time; Pierston grasps but cannot hold his well-beloved. His lifelong search leads to his courtship of three generations of women on the Isle of Slingers (an evocative rendering of the real-life English island of Portland). The last of Thomas Hardy's novels to be published, The Well-Beloved is a haunting meditation on art and life.
| ISBN-13 | 9781143751820 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1143751825 |
| Weight | 1.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.44 x 0.74 x 9.69 In |
| List Price | $32.75 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 356 pages |
| Publisher | Nabu Press |
| Published On | 2010-02-01 |
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