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  Well-beloved with The Pursuit of the Well-beloved (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Thomas Hardy, Introduction and notes by Jane Thomas, Series edited by Dr. Keith Carabine

  

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  Short Description for Well-beloved with The Pursuit of the Well-belovedJocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary "Well-Beloved" - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh.
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  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
  • Published: 05 September 2000
  • Format: Paperback 368 pages
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  • Categories: Classics
  • ISBN 13: 9781840224054 ISBN 10: 1840224053
  • Sales rank: 85,802

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• The Well-Beloved completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary Well-Beloved - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh. Powerful symbolism marks this romantic fantasy that Hardy has grounded firmly in reality with a characteristically authentic rendering of location, the Isle of Slingers, or Portland as we know it. Overt exploration of the relationship between erotic fascination and creativity makes this novel a nineteenth-century landmark in the persistent debate about art, aesthetics and gender.