Desperate Remedies
by Thomas Hardy
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About This Book
Desperate Remedies is the second novel by Thomas Hardy, albeit the first to be published. It was released anonymously by Tinsley Brothers in 1871
Chapters (45)
- DESPERATE REMEDIES
- PREFATORY NOTE
- I. THE EVENTS OF THIRTY YEARS
- 1. DECEMBER AND JANUARY, 1835-36
- II. THE EVENTS OF A FORTNIGHT
- 1. THE NINTH OF JULY
- III. THE EVENTS OF EIGHT DAYS
- 1. FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF JULY
- IV. THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY
- 1. AUGUST THE FOURTH. TILL FOUR O’CLOCK
- V. THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY
- 1. AUGUST THE EIGHTH. MORNING AND AFTERNOON
- VI. THE EVENTS OF TWELVE HOURS
- 1. AUGUST THE NINTH. ONE TO TWO O’CLOCK A.M.
- VII. THE EVENTS OF EIGHTEEN DAYS
- 1. AUGUST THE SEVENTEENTH
- VIII. THE EVENTS OF EIGHTEEN DAYS
- 1. FROM THE THIRD TO THE NINETEENTH OF SEPTEMBER
- IX. THE EVENTS OF TEN WEEKS
- 1. FROM SEPTEMBER THE TWENTY-FIRST TO THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER
- X. THE EVENTS OF A DAY AND NIGHT
- 1. NOVEMBER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH. UNTIL TEN P.M.
- XI. THE EVENTS OF FIVE DAYS
- 1. NOVEMBER THE TWENTY-NINTH
- XII. THE EVENTS OF TEN MONTHS
- 1. DECEMBER TO APRIL
- XIII. THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY
- 1. THE FIFTH OF JANUARY. BEFORE DAWN
- XIV. THE EVENTS OF FIVE WEEKS
- 1. FROM THE SIXTH TO THE THIRTEENTH OF JANUARY
- XV. THE EVENTS OF THREE WEEKS
- 1. FROM THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY TO THE SECOND OF MARCH
- XVI. THE EVENTS OF ONE WEEK
- 1. MARCH THE SIXTH
- XVII. THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY
- 1. MARCH THE THIRTEENTH. THREE TO SIX O’CLOCK A.M.
- XVIII. THE EVENTS OF THREE DAYS
- 1. MARCH THE EIGHTEENTH
- XIX. THE EVENTS OF A DAY AND NIGHT
- 1. MARCH THE TWENTY-FIRST. MORNING
- XX. THE EVENTS OF THREE HOURS
- 1. MARCH THE TWENTY-THIRD. MIDDAY
- XXI. THE EVENTS OF EIGHTEEN HOURS
- 1. MARCH THE TWENTY-NINTH. NOON
- SEQUEL
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