The Hand of Ethelberta
By Thomas Hardy
28 Aug, 2019
The Hand of Ethelberta A Comedy in Chapters By Thomas Hardy The Hand of Ethelberta is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1876. It was written, in serial form, for the Cornhill Magazine, which was edited by Leslie Stephen, a friend and mentor of Ha
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The Hand of Ethelberta A Comedy in Chapters By Thomas Hardy The Hand of Ethelberta is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1876. It was written, in serial form, for the Cornhill Magazine, which was edited by Leslie Stephen, a friend and mentor of Hardy's. At the beginning of the book, we are told that Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but, through her work as a governess, married well at the age of eighteen. Less