The Well-Beloved

The Well-Beloved

Thomas Hardy, english novelist and poet (1840-1928)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- PART I. A YOUNG MAN OF TWENTY

-04- CHAPTER I. A SUPPOSITITIOUS PRESENTMENT OF HER

-05- CHAPTER II. THE INCARNATION IS ASSUMED TO BE TRUE

-06- CHAPTER III. THE APPOINTMENT

-07- CHAPTER IV. A LONELY PEDESTRIAN

-08- CHAPTER V. A CHARGE

-09- CHAPTER VI. ON THE BRINK

-10- CHAPTER VII. HER EARLIER INCARNATIONS

-11- CHAPTER VIII. TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING

-12- CHAPTER IX. FAMILIAR PHENOMENA IN THE DISTANCE

-13- PART II. A YOUNG MAN OF FORTY

-14- CHAPTER I. THE OLD PHANTOM BECOMES DISTINCT

-15- CHAPTER II. SHE DRAWS CLOSE AND SATISFIES

-16- CHAPTER III. SHE BECOMES AN INACCESSIBLE GHOST

-17- CHAPTER IV. SHE THREATENS TO RESUME CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE

-18- CHAPTER V. THE RESUMPTION TAKES PLACE

-19- CHAPTER VI. THE PAST SHINES IN THE PRESENT

-20- CHAPTER VII. THE NEW BECOMES ESTABLISHED

-21- CHAPTER VIII. HIS OWN SOUL CONFRONTS HIM

-22- CHAPTER IX. JUXTAPOSITIONS

-23- CHAPTER X. SHE FAILS TO VANISH STILL

-24- CHAPTER XI. THE IMAGE PERSISTS

-25- CHAPTER XII. A GRILLE DESCENDS BETWEEN

-26- CHAPTER XIII. SHE IS ENSHROUDED FROM SIGHT

-27- PART III. A YOUNG MAN OF SIXTY

-28- CHAPTER I. SHE RETURNS FOR THE NEW SEASON

-29- CHAPTER II. MISGIVINGS ON THE RE-EMBODIMENT

-30- CHAPTER III. THE RENEWED IMAGE BURNS ITSELF IN

-31- CHAPTER IV. A DASH FOR THE LAST INCARNATION

-32- CHAPTER V. ON THE VERGE OF POSSESSION

-33- CHAPTER VI. THE WELL-BELOVED IS—WHERE

-34- CHAPTER VII. AN OLD TABERNACLE IN A NEW ASPECT

-35- CHAPTER VIII. ALAS FOR THIS GREY SHADOW, ONCE A MAN