The Hand of Ethelberta
Thomas Hardy
A Comedy in Chapters
by Thomas Hardy.
“Vitae post-scenia celant.”—Lucretius.
- PREFACE
- 1. A STREET IN ANGLEBURY—A HEATH NEAR IT—INSIDE THE ‘RED LION’ INN
- 2. CHRISTOPHER’S HOUSE—SANDBOURNE TOWN—SANDBOURNE MOOR
- 3. SANDBOURNE MOOR (continued)
- 4. SANDBOURNE PIER—ROAD TO WYNDWAY—BALL-ROOM IN WYNDWAY HOUSE
- 5. AT THE WINDOW—THE ROAD HOME
- 6. THE SHORE BY WYNDWAY
- 7. THE DINING-ROOM OF A TOWN HOUSE—THE BUTLER’S PANTRY
- 8. CHRISTOPHER’S LODGINGS—THE GROUNDS ABOUT ROOKINGTON
- 9. A LADY’S DRAWING-ROOMS—ETHELBERTA’S DRESSING-ROOM
- 10. LADY PETHERWIN’S HOUSE
- 11. SANDBOURNE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD—SOME LONDON STREETS
- 12. ARROWTHORNE PARK AND LODGE
- 13. THE LODGE (continued)—THE COPSE BEHIND
- 14. A TURNPIKE ROAD
- 15. AN INNER ROOM AT THE LODGE
- 16. A LARGE PUBLIC HALL
- 17. ETHELBERTA’S HOUSE
- 18. NEAR SANDBOURNE—LONDON STREETS—ETHELBERTA’S
- 19. ETHELBERTA’S DRAWING-ROOM
- 20. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE HALL—THE ROAD HOME
- 21. A STREET—NEIGH’S ROOMS—CHRISTOPHER’S ROOMS
- 22. ETHELBERTA’S HOUSE
- 23. ETHELBERTA’S HOUSE (continued)
- 24. ETHELBERTA’S HOUSE (continued)—THE BRITISH MUSEUM
- 25. THE ROYAL ACADEMY—THE FARNFIELD ESTATE
- 26. ETHELBERTA’S DRAWING-ROOM
- 27. MRS. BELMAINE’S—CRIPPLEGATE CHURCH
- 28. ETHELBERTA’S—MR. CHICKEREL’S ROOM
- 29. ETHELBERTA’S DRESSING-ROOM—MR. DONCASTLE’S HOUSE
- 30. ON THE HOUSETOP
- 31. KNOLLSEA—A LOFTY DOWN—A RUINED CASTLE
- 32. A ROOM IN ENCKWORTH COURT
- 33. THE ENGLISH CHANNEL—NORMANDY
- 34. THE HÔTEL BEAU SÉJOUR AND SPOTS NEAR IT
- 35. THE HOTEL (continued), AND THE QUAY IN FRONT
- 36. THE HOUSE IN TOWN
- 37. KNOLLSEA—AN ORNAMENTAL VILLA
- 38. ENCKWORTH COURT
- 39. KNOLLSEA—MELCHESTER
- 40. MELCHESTER (continued)
- 41. WORKSHOPS—AN INN—THE STREET
- 42. THE DONCASTLES’ RESIDENCE, AND OUTSIDE THE SAME
- 43. THE RAILWAY—THE SEA—THE SHORE BEYOND
- 44. SANDBOURNE—A LONELY HEATH—THE ‘RED LION’—THE HIGHWAY
- 45. KNOLLSEA—THE ROAD THENCE—ENCKWORTH
- 46. ENCKWORTH (continued)—THE ANGLEBURY HIGHWAY
- 47. ENCKWORTH AND ITS PRECINCTS—MELCHESTER
- SEQUEL. ANGLEBURY—ENCKWORTH—SANDBOURNE
- THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
