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Author(s): Hardy, Thomas
Reader(s): Woolgar, Fenella
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA0563
Barcode: 9781781984284
Release Date: 01/2023
HARDY, T.: Hand of Ethelberta (The) (Unabridged)
Opportunistic, shrewd and beautiful, Ethelberta resolves to disguise her humble beginnings and elevate her position in society. Crafting her career as a society poet and staging her family as her servants, she proves admirably adept at sustaining her own web of deceit as she reinvents herself and navigates the attentions of four different suitors. The wealthiest is not the one she loves… what will she do? This is a light-hearted, urban tale, offering a different side of Thomas Hardy. The master of pastoral realist novels was presenting a ‘somewhat frivolous narrative’, which nevertheless displayed his acute consciousness of class divisions and continues to delight those who discover it within his better-known works.
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1 | The Hand of Ethelberta | 00:08 |
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2 | Preface | 01:55 |
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3 | Chapter 1: A Street in Anglebury – A Heath Near It – Inside The 'Red Lion' Inn | 34:03 |
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4 | Chapter 2: Christopher's House – Sandbourne Town – Sandbourne Moor | 25:18 |
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5 | Chapter 3: Sandbourne Moor (Continued) | 11:14 |
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6 | Chapter 4: Sandbourne Pier – Road to Wyndway – Ball-Room in Wyndway House | 14:51 |
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7 | Chapter 5: At The Window – The Road Home | 10:27 |
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8 | Chapter 6: The Shore by Wyndway | 12:24 |
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9 | Chapter 7: The Dining-Room of a Town House – The Butler's Pantry | 26:53 |
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10 | Chapter 8: Christopher's Lodgings – The Grounds About Rookington | 14:47 |
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11 | Chapter 9: A Lady's Drawing-Rooms – Ethelberta's Dressing-Room | 21:52 |
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12 | Chapter 10: Lady Petherwin's House | 11:07 |
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13 | Chapter 11: Sandbourne and its Neighbourhood – Some London Streets | 09:52 |
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14 | Chapter 12: Arrowthorne Park and Lodge | 08:22 |
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15 | Chapter 13: The Lodge (Continued) – The Copse Behind | 27:55 |
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16 | Chapter 14: A Turnpike Road | 07:59 |
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17 | Chapter 15: An Inner Room at the Lodge | 07:46 |
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18 | Chapter 16: A Large Public Hall | 14:30 |
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19 | Chapter 17: Ethelberta's House | 23:28 |
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20 | Chapter 18: Near Sandbourne – London Streets – Ethelberta's | 16:22 |
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21 | Chapter 19: Ethelberta's Drawing-Room | 05:38 |
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22 | Chapter 20: The Neighbourhood of the Hall – The Road Home | 08:16 |
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23 | Chapter 21: A Street – Neigh's Rooms – Christopher’s Rooms | 15:03 |
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24 | Chapter 22: Ethelberta's House | 24:55 |
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25 | Chapter 23: Ethelberta's House (Continued) | 16:11 |
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26 | Chapter 24: Ethelberta's House (Continued) – The British Museum | 24:31 |
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27 | Chapter 25: The Royal Academy – The Farnfield Estate | 25:08 |
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28 | Chapter 26: Ethelberta's Drawing-Room | 19:39 |
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29 | Chapter 27: Mrs Belmaine's – Cripplegate Church | 26:05 |
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30 | Chapter 28: Ethelberta's – Mr Chickerel's Room | 27:24 |
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31 | Chapter 29: Ethelberta's Dressing-Room – Mr Doncastle's House | 22:42 |
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32 | Chapter 30: On The Housetop | 11:12 |
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33 | Chapter 31: Knollsea – A Lofty Down – A Ruined Castle | 46:10 |
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34 | Chapter 32: A Room In Enckworth Court | 07:23 |
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35 | Chapter 33: The English Channel – Normandy | 25:33 |
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36 | Chapter 34: The Hôtel Beau Séjour and Spots Near It | 19:23 |
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37 | Chapter 35: The Hotel (Continued), and the Quay in Front | 27:55 |
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38 | Chapter 36: The House in Town | 16:08 |
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39 | Chapter 37: Knollsea – An Ornamental Villa | 12:00 |
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40 | Chapter 38: Enckworth Court | 17:55 |
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41 | Chapter 39: Knollsea – Melchester | 40:22 |
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42 | Chapter 40: Melchester (Continued) | 19:50 |
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43 | Chapter 41: Workshops – An Inn – The Street | 15:42 |
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44 | Chapter 42: The Doncastles' Residence, and Outside the Same | 17:38 |
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45 | Chapter 43: The Railway – The Sea – The Shore Beyond | 27:42 |
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46 | Chapter 44: Sandbourne – A Lonely Heath – The 'Red Lion' – The Highway | 32:13 |
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47 | Chapter 45: Knollsea – The Road Thence – Enckworth | 28:57 |
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48 | Chapter 46: Enckworth (Continued) – The Anglebury Highway | 37:54 |
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49 | Chapter 47: Enckworth and Its Precincts – Melchester | 21:51 |
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50 | Sequel: Anglebury – Enckworth – Sandbourne | 18:21 |
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Total Playing Time: 16:00:54