Wordsworth Classics: A Pair of Blue Eyes (Paperback)

from Michael.Xolotl

4 ½ stars. What seems at first (and is really) a typical 19th century light romance, with all the attendant silliness, is actually a pretty astute study of innocent deceit, the pitfalls of over-idealization, the social constraints of being a woman, the sometimes minute differences between love an...

from gypsysmom

Well, now we're getting into the Thomas Hardy that is known from his more famous novels like Tess of the D'Ubervilles. In this novel, first published in 1873, Elfride Swancourt, daughter of a clergyman, is wooed by a series of men. The title refers to Elfride's eyes described by Hardy on the firs...

from Schmerguls

4902. A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy (read 9 Feb 2012) This novel was first published in 1873. It is the 10th Hardy novel I have read and though it does not rank with Hardy's best works (Tess,The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Far From the Madding Crowd) i found it held my attention well, and t...

from N.W.Moors

I thought I'd read most Thomas Hardy books, but found this one after a trip to Boscastle (the setting for the book). Elfride Swancourt is the daughter of the local vicar. When a young man comes to examine the church for rebuilding, he is smitten. Elfride feels likewise, but Stephen is (in her fat...

from Renz0808

This novel centers on Elfride Swancourt a beautiful young woman with the "blue eyes" that the book alludes to. When she meets a young aspiring architect who is socially inferior but ambitious with potential as he gets older, Stephen Smith she finds that she enjoys the attentions that he gives her...