A Laodicean (Penguin Classics)

Name: A Laodicean (Penguin Classics)
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Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780140435061

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480 pages1998Penguin ClassicsISBN 9780140435061

Fiction Castles Conservation and restoration Architects Classic Literature British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Wessex (england), fiction

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Using the restoration of a castle as a framework, classic novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) considers the ancient analogy between architecture and philosophy. "Laodicean" is a term for early Christians lukewarm in their beliefs. Hardy's character, passionate architect George Somerset finds himself captivated by "Laodicean" Paula Power, whose views on conventions of any kind are lukewarm at best.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 1998
Pages: 480
ISBN: 9780140435061

About Unknown Author

Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement, although in several poems he displays elements of the previous romantic and enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural. While he regarded himself primarily as a poet who composed novels mainly for financial gain, during his lifetime he was much better known for his novels, such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, which earned him a reputation as a great novelist. The bulk of his fictional works, initially published as serials in magazines, were set in the semi-fictional land of Wessex (based on the Dorchester region where he grew up) and explored tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances.