The pursuit of the well-beloved ; & The well-beloved

By Thomas Hardy

Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Man-woman relationships in fiction, Sculptors in fiction, Mothers and daughters, Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Mothers and daughters in fiction, Sculptors

Description: Hardy's two versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed both with the search for his ideal woman and with sculpting the perfect figure of Aphrodite.