Publisher's Synopsis
A Pair of Blue Eyes is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1873, first serialised between September 1872 and July 1873. It was Hardy's third published novel, and the first not published anonymously upon its first publication. The book describes the love triangle of a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen Smith is a socially inferior but ambitious young man who adores her and with whom she shares a country background. Henry Knight is the respectable, established, older man who represents London society. Although the two are friends, Knight is not aware of Smith's previous liaison with Elfride.THOMAS HARDY OTHERS WORK INLCUDEDesperate RemediesFar from the Madding CrowdThe Hand of EthelbertaJude the ObscureA LaodiceanThe Mayor of CasterbridgeA Pair of Blue EyesThe Poor Man and the LadyThe Return of the NativeTess of the d'UrbervillesThe Trumpet-MajorTwo on a TowerUnder the Greenwood TreeThe Well-BelovedThe Woodlanders
