01747cam a22003613u 4500 3326 UtSlPG 20260610133111.0 m cr n 260607r2002||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2002 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well-Beloved Release date is 2002-07-01 Produced by Les Bowler, and David Widger "The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament" by Thomas Hardy is a novel serialized in 1892 and published as a book in 1897. It follows Jocelyn Pierston, a celebrated sculptor who searches obsessively for his ideal woman—the "Well-Beloved"—across forty years and three generations of the same family. As he pursues this elusive vision of perfect feminine beauty, shifting his affections from grandmother to daughter to granddaughter, Pierston becomes trapped outside time, unable to settle into the natural cycle of life and love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Psychological fiction Mothers and daughters -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Sculptors -- Fiction Portland (England) -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3326 45397 45397