The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters

By: Hardy, Thomas

Young Mrs. Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well-appointed inn in a Wessex town to take a country walk. By her look and carriage she appeared to belong to that gentle order of society which has no worldly sorrow except when its jewellery gets stolen; but, as a fact not generally known, her claim to distinction was rather one of brains than of blood. She was the daughter of a gentleman who lived in a large house not his own, and began life as a baby christened Ethelberta after an infant of title who does not come into the story at all, having merely furnished Ethelberta's mother with a subject of contemplation. She became teacher in a school, was praised by examiners, admired by gentlemen, not admired by gentlewomen, was touched up with accomplishments by masters who were coaxed into painstaking by her many graces, and, entering a mansion as governess to the daughter thereof, was stealthily married by the son.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08RL7M9SM
• ISBN13: 9798586486844
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"