A Pair of Blue Eyes
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A Pair of Blue Eyes

by Thomas Hardy

1873•Romance•434 pages

Taste attributes: romancedramahistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers alltroubled leads

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Boxlist takeExpect an original, stirring romance novel, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Elfride Swancourt is the daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a remote sea-swept parish in Corwall based on St Juliot, where Hardy began A Pair of Blue Eyes during the beginning of his courtship of his first wife, Emma. Blue-eyed and high-spirited, Elfride has little experience of the world beyond, and becomes entangled with two men: the boyish architect, Stephen Smith, and the older literary man, Henry Knight.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

RomanceDramaHistoricalComplex relationshipLove conquers allTroubled leads

Subjects

ElopementElopement in fictionVFictionEnglandCourtshipArchitectsMale friendshipSocial life and customs

Details

Author
Thomas Hardy
Published
1873
Pages
434
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