A Pair Of Blue Eyes

A Pair of Blue Eyes is a novel written by Thomas Hardy and published in 1873. The story follows the life of a young woman named Elfride Swancourt, who lives in a small village in England. Elfride is beautiful, intelligent, and has a pair of striking blue eyes that catch the attention of many men in the village. She is torn between two suitors: Stephen Smith, a young architect who is working on a church restoration project in the village, and Henry Knight, an older man who is a writer and friend of Elfride's father.As Elfride navigates her feelings for both men, she must also confront the expectations and limitations placed upon her as a woman in Victorian society. The novel explores themes of love, class, gender roles, and the conflict between traditional and modern values.A Pair of Blue Eyes is considered one of Hardy's early works and is often seen as a precursor to his later, more famous novels such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. The novel is notable for its vivid descriptions of the English countryside and its complex portrayal of the relationships between men and women in the Victorian era.Bede's Inn has this peculiarity, that it faces, receives from, and discharges into a bustling thoroughfare speaking only of wealth and respectability, whilst its postern abuts on as crowded and poverty-stricken a network of alleys as are to be found anywhere in the metropolis. The moral consequences are, first, that those who occupy chambers in the Inn may see a great deal of shirtless humanity's habits and enjoyments.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.