The Hand of Ethelberta

The Hand of Ethelberta, which for Hardy represented "'a plunge in a new and untried direction'" (Purdy 22), was begun in Surbiton and London in March of 1875 and serialized in Cornhill Magazine from July of that year through May 1876. The success of Far from the Madding Crowd had prompted Leslie Stephen to solicit the new novel from Hardy for publication. The first two-volume edition from Smith, Elder & Co. appeared in April 1876.

Some sites associated with The Hand of Ethelberta

	Corfe Castle
	Corfe Castle (view from town)
	Harn Court ("Rookington Park")

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