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  • Desperate Remedies

  • By: Thomas Hardy
  • Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
  • Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Desperate Remedies

By: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
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Thomas Hardy's first published novel, Desperate Remedies is a thrilling blend of Gothic mystery and love-triangle romance.

After the untimely death of their parents, Cytheria and Owen Graye must go out into the world and fend for themselves. Cytheria's journey leads her to the dark and mysterious household of Miss Aldclyffe, a capricious and eccentric woman, who steers Cytheria into a love affair with her charismatic steward, Aeneous Manston. All is not what it seems, and Cytheria finds herself entangled in a violent web of lust, murder, deception, and blackmail.

With its beautiful and evocative scenes, along with themes of fate and class, the novel contains many traces of Hardy's signature style, and is a unique take on the Victorian 'sensation' novel.

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Slow paced drama that unfolds and ties everything together in the end

Great book. Believable characters albeit of their time and perhaps like Dickens’ kind of distilled versions of real people. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone wanting a bit of drama crime romance and suspense in the period setting. Performance was excellent as well. Cheers

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