A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy
"A Group of Noble Dames" by Thomas Hardy is a collection of short stories published in 1891. Ten members of a club gather to share tales of aristocratic women from the 17th and 18th centuries. Each storyteller—from a local historian to a surgeon to a churchwarden—reveals the dramatic lives and fates of these noble ladies. Framed as an evening's entertainment, the collection blends romance, tragedy, and the complexities of upper-class society across
two centuries of English history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Group of Noble Dames |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Group_of_Noble_Dames |
| Contents | The first Countess of Wessex -- Barbara, of the house of Grebe -- The Marchioness of Stonehenge -- Lady Mottisfont -- The Lady Icenway -- Squire Petrick's lady -- Anna Lady Baxby -- The Lady Penelope -- The Duchess of Hamptonshire -- The Honorable Laura. |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1920 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Wessex (England) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Nobility -- Great Britain -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women -- England -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 3049 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2002 |
| Most Recently Updated | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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