A Pair of Blue Eyes
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2023
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781974607235
Description: <p>Young Elfride falls in love for the first time with an architect who is sent to make plans to renovate the local church. She supposes Stephen to be a professional man from London, but finds he comes from more humble origins. Stephen must go away and make something of himself before he can claim her. Circumstances change in his absence, and Elfride must decide if she will keep her pledge to marry Stephen.</p> <p><i>A Pair of Blue Eyes</i> is <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/thomas-hardy">Thomas Hardy’s</a> third novel, and the first one to bear his real name when it was first published. The novel was first published as a serial, and the “cliffhanger” is supposed to have been named after a scene in which a character is left hanging over the edge of a cliff—while readers are left waiting for the next chapter to be serialized.</p>