DESCARGA
A pair of blue eyes
Résumé
This late 19th-century novel by Thomas Hardy follows Elfride Swancourt, a twenty-year-old woman in rural England, as she negotiates love and social class within the expectations of her surroundings. With her father, the parish vicar, laid up with illness, Elfride is preparing to receive Stephen Smith, a young architect tasked with overseeing the restoration of a local church. Set amid the work of church restoration and the wild landscapes of Wessex, the narrative introduces Elfride as emotionally intense yet lacking social polish. Her first encounter with Stephen hints at an emerging tension, as her feelings develop under the pressures of identity and rank in 19th-century society.
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