# The Pursuit of the Well-beloved and the Well-beloved

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- Authors: [Thomas Hardy](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-hardy)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-02-22

## Description

Hardy's two versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed both with the search for his ideal woman and with sculpting the perfect figure of Aphrodite.

## Editions

### The Pursuit of the Well-beloved and the Well-beloved

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-519-1
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2007-02-22
- Language: en_GB

### The Pursuit of the Well-beloved and the Well-beloved

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4195-864-4
- Published: 2007-02-22
- Language: en_GB