num_pages: 195
description: The Well Beloved is one of Hardy's last novels. It was first published in three-part serial form in 1892, and then revised and re-published as a book in 1897. It tells the story of the sculptor Jocelyn Pierston's search for the ideal woman, through three generations of a Portland family.
language: English
title: The Well-Beloved
titlecomplete: The Well-Beloved
characters: Jocelyn Pierston
genres: Classics, British Literature, Historical, English Literature, Novels, Romance, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 1960
places: Dorset, England
publisher: Macmillan