The Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928 creator text utu 2002 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Original publication data not identified Psychological fiction Mothers and daughters -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Sculptors -- Fiction Portland (England) -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3326 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3326 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133111.0 3326