Thomas Hardy The Withered Arm

Milkmaid Rhoda Brooks cannot control her jealousy of Gertrude - a beautiful woman who has just married a rich farmer. So when Gertrude appears in her dream, she cannot help but reach out and grab the arm of the woman she wishes she was. As Gertrude's arm begins to wither away in real life and no physician is able to help her, she must turn to a conjurer... Considered one of Hardy's most successful short stories, 'The Withered Arm' is unmissable for those who enjoyed Laura Purcell's ´The Silent...

Engels | 1 uur 4 minuten (47 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2025

Luisterboek (digitaal)

Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her...

Engels | ePub2, 0,9 MB | Wordsworth Editions, [Nederland] | 2021

E-book

Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Urbervilles

De onschuldige jonge Tess wordt het slachtoffer van de eerzucht van haar ouders en van de conventionele moraal. Met zwart-witfoto's, opdrachten en cd's. Vanaf ca. 17 jaar.

Fictie

Engels | 136 pagina's | Oxford University Press, Oxford | 2008

Gedrukt boek

Thomas Hardy Far from the madding crowd

Het leven van gewone mensen met hun lief en leed in het Engelse district Wessex in de tweede helft van de 19e eeuw.

Fictie

Engels | 473 pagina's | Penguin Books, London [etc.] | 2012

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