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The Hand of Ethelberta (New Wessex editions)
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The Hand of Ethelberta (New Wessex editions) Hardcover - 1990

by Hardy, Thomas

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Macmillan, 1990-04-26. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.9977 in x 21.9832 in x 13.4897 in. Ex library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable.
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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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Young Mrs Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well-appointed inn in a Wessex town to take a country walk.