Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Tinsley Brothers, publisher.
Bradbury, Evans & Co., printer.
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| Provenance: | Armorial bookplate: William Henry Radcliffe Saunders.
Armorial bookplate: E. Hubert Litchfield.
Binding: blue half morocco and cloth over boards; hand marbled end papers; stamped Hatchards, Piccadilly.
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| Notes: | Published anonymously. By Thomas Hardy (his first book).
First edition; see Purdy.
Printer statement from title page verso (repeated on colophon).
Pagination: v. 1: vi, 304 pages; v. 2: vi, 291, [1] pages; v. 3: vi, 274 pages.
Signatures: v. 1: pi1 [A]² B-U⁸; v. 2: pi1 [A]² B-T⁸ U²; v. 3: pi1 [A]² B-S⁸ T1.
Purdy, R.L. Thomas Hardy, page 3-4
Webb, A.P. Bibliography of the works of Thomas Hardy, 1865-1915, pages 3-4
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| Summary: | The anti-hero, Aeneas Manston, as physically alluring as he is evil, fascinates the innocent Cytherea, even though she is in love with another man. When he cannot seduce her, Manston resorts to deception, blackmail, bigamy, murder and rape to achieve his ends.
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