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
45
Chapters
~540 min
Est. Listening Time
English
Language
5.0 ★
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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
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"Desperate Remedies" was written by Thomas Hardy. It is classified as Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance.
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