num_pages: 448
description: When Elfrise Swanston meets Stephen Smith she is attracted to his handsome face, gentle bearing and the sense of mystery which surrounds him. Although distressed to find that the mystery consists only in the humbleness of his origins, she remains true to their youthful vows. But societal pressures, and the advent of the superior Henry Knight, eventually displace her affections. Knight, however, proves to be an uncompromising moralist who, obsessed with fears about Elfride's sexual past, destroys her happiness.
language: English
title: A Pair Of Blue Eyes
titlecomplete: A Pair Of Blue Eyes
characters: Lord Luxellian, Elfride Swancourt, Stephen Smith
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, English Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Victorian, Novels
ratings_count: 8176
places: Dorset, England
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd