02973nam 2200505 450 991078918230332120200520144314.01-77651-965-5(CKB)3710000000059492(EBL)870490(OCoLC)781614869(MiAaPQ)EBC870490(Au-PeEL)EBL870490(CaPaEBR)ebr10793132(EXLCZ)99371000000005949220131114h18972011 uy 1engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe well-beloved a sketch of a temperament /Thomas Hardy[Auckland, New Zealand] :The Floating Press,1897.20111 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Title; Contents; Preface; PART FIRST - A YOUNG MAN OF TWENTY; I - A Supposititious Presentment of Her; II - The Incarnation is Assumed to Be True; III - The Appointment; IV - A Lonely Pedestrian; V - A Charge; VI - On the Brink; VII - Her Earlier Incarnations; VIII - 'Too Like the Lightning'; IX - Familiar Phenomena in the Distance; PART SECOND - A YOUNG MAN OF FORTY; I - The Old Phantom Becomes Distinct; II - She Draws Close and Satisfies; III - She Becomes an Inaccessible Ghost; IV - She Threatens to Resume Corporeal Substance; V - The Resumption Takes PlaceVI - The Past Shines in the Present VII - The New Becomes Established; VIII - His Own Soul Confronts Him; IX - Juxtapositions; X - She Fails to Vanish Still; XI - The Image Persists; XII - A Grille Descends Between; XIII - She is Enshrouded from Sight; PART THIRD - A YOUNG MAN OF SIXTY; I - She Returns for the New Season; II - Misgivings on the Re-Embodiment; III - The Renewed Image Burns Itself In; IV - A Dash for the Last Incarnation; V - On the Verge of Possession; VI - The Well-Beloved is-Where?; VII - An Old Tabernacle in a New Aspect; VIII - 'Alas for this Grey Shadow, Once a Man!'Sculptor Jocelyn Pierston is obsessed by the notion of female beauty -- and he'll travel to the ends of the earth to find a living, breathing model that embodies the ideal that haunts his imagination. His creative quest compels him to hang around the edges of a family of famed British beauties and pester three generations of the women. Will he fulfill his artistic dream? Read The Well-Beloved to find out.Man-woman relationshipsFictionMothers and daughtersFictionSculptorsFictionPortland (England)FictionMan-woman relationshipsMothers and daughtersSculptors823.8Hardy Thomas1840-1928.142510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789182303321The well-beloved35861UNINA