The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
“New love is brightest, and long love is greatest; but revived love is the tenderest thing known upon earth.” The Hand of Ethelberta, 1876
Adventuress and opportunist, Ethelberta reinvents herself to disguise her humble origins, launching a brilliant career as a society poet in London with her family acting incognito as her servants. Turning the male-dominated literary world to her advantage, she happily exploits the attentions of four very different suitors. Will she bestow her hand upon the richest of them, or on the man she loves? Ethelberta Petherwin, alias Berta Chickerel, moves with easy grace between her multiple identities, cleverly managing a tissue of lies to aid her meteoric rise.
Paperback - 2014
192 pages
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