The Well-Beloved

First edition
(publ. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co)

The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It spans forty years, and follows Jocelyn Pierston, a celebrated sculptor who attempts to create in stone the image of his ideal woman, while he tries also to find her in the flesh.

It was serialized in 1892, and published as a book in 1897.[1][2]

  1. ^ The Well Beloved, Google Books. ISBN 1-4191-8762-7.
  2. ^ Kevin McGowin, Review of Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved.