The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament
by Thomas Hardy
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About This Book
This book is in English. This book contains 196 pages.
Chapters (36)
- THE WELL-BELOVED
- A SKETCH OF A TEMPERAMENT
- PREFACE
- PART FIRST — A YOUNG MAN OF TWENTY.
- 1. I. A SUPPOSITITIOUS PRESENTMENT OF HER
- 1. II. THE INCARNATION IS ASSUMED TO BE TRUE
- 1. III. THE APPOINTMENT
- 1. IV. A LONELY PEDESTRIAN
- 1. V. A CHARGE
- 1. VI. ON THE BRINK
- 1. VII. HER EARLIER INCARNATIONS
- 1. VIII. ‘TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING’
- 1. IX. FAMILIAR PHENOMENA IN THE DISTANCE
- PART SECOND — A YOUNG MAN OF FORTY
- 2. I. THE OLD PHANTOM BECOMES DISTINCT
- 2. II. SHE DRAWS CLOSE AND SATISFIES
- 2. III. SHE BECOMES AN INACCESSIBLE GHOST
- 2. IV. SHE THREATENS TO RESUME CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE
- 2. V. THE RESUMPTION TAKES PLACE
- 2. VI. THE PAST SHINES IN THE PRESENT
- 2. VII. THE NEW BECOMES ESTABLISHED
- 2. VIII. HIS OWN SOUL CONFRONTS HIM
- 2. IX. JUXTAPOSITIONS
- 2. X. SHE FAILS TO VANISH STILL
- 2. XI. THE IMAGE PERSISTS
- 2. XII. A GRILLE DESCENDS BETWEEN
- 2. XIII. SHE IS ENSHROUDED FROM SIGHT
- PART THIRD — A YOUNG MAN OF SIXTY
- 3. I. SHE RETURNS FOR THE NEW SEASON
- 3. II. MISGIVINGS ON THE RE-EMBODIMENT
- 3. III. THE RENEWED IMAGE BURNS ITSELF IN
- 3. IV. A DASH FOR THE LAST INCARNATION
- 3. V. ON THE VERGE OF POSSESSION
- 3. VI. THE WELL-BELOVED IS—WHERE?
- 3. VII. AN OLD TABERNACLE IN A NEW ASPECT
- 3. VIII. ‘ALAS FOR THIS GREY SHADOW, ONCE A MAN!’
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