Macmillan, 1975. New Wessex Edition. Introduction by Robert Gittings. 431pp, the edges browning with age, softback covers with a couple of light creases. Internally clean and tight. A social comedy - Ethelberta rises in the world.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

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From the book:Young Mrs. Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well-appointed inn in a Wessex town to take a country walk. By her look and carriage she appeared to belong to that gentle order of society which has no worldly sorrow except when its jewellery gets stolen; but, as a fact not generally known, her claim to distinction was rather one of brains than of blood. She was the daughter of a gentleman who lived in a large house not his own, and began life as a baby christened Ethelberta after an infant of title who does not come into the story at all, having merely furnished Ethelberta's mother with a subject of contemplation. She became teacher in a school, was praised by examiners, admired by gentlemen, not admired by gentlewomen, was touched up with accomp-lishments by masters who were coaxed into painstaking by her many graces, and, entering a mansion as governess to the daughter thereof, was stealthily married by the son. He, a minor like herself, died from a chill caught during the wedding tour, and a few weeks later was followed into the grave by Sir Ralph Petherwin, his unforgiving father, who had bequeathed his wealth to his wife absolutely.

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Bookseller: Hessay Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13032
Title: The Hand of Ethelberta
Author: Hardy, Thomas
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
ISBN 10: 0333177614
ISBN 13: 9780333177617
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: London, England
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: Wessex, Hardy

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