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The daughter of a wealthy railway magnate, Paula Power inherits De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She commissions George Somerset, a young architect, to undertake the work. Somerset falls in love with Paula but she, the Laodicean of the title, is torn... Read Full Overview

The daughter of a wealthy railway magnate, Paula Power inherits De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She commissions George Somerset, a young architect, to undertake the work. Somerset falls in love with Paula but she, the Laodicean of the title, is... Read Full Overview

"Fear is the mother of foresight."

Thomas Hardy (2nd June 1840 - 11th January 1928), celebrated poet and writer, was born in a modest thatched cottage near Dorchester in the West country, to a builder father. His mother came from a line of intelligent, lively and ambitious... Read Full Overview

One of Hardy's most unusual novels, A Laodicean features a heroine torn between the dilapidated aristocratic romance of the past and the energetic technocracy of the modern world. Paula Power's two suitors--a patrician Army officer, and an architect, representative of the "new... Read Full Overview

A Laodicean: A Story Of Today is a novel by the renowned English author, Thomas Hardy. First published in 1912, the book is set in the late 19th century and tells the story of a young woman named Paula Power, who inherits a large estate from her father. Paula is a modern, independent... Read Full Overview

A vacillating young woman is thrust onto the horns of religious and romantic dilemmas.

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