%0 Book %1 hardy2019desperate %A Hardy, Thomas %B The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy %C Cambridge %D 2019 %I Cambridge University Press %K %R DOI: 10.1017/9781139568395 %T Desperate Remedies %U https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/2AE5031D694C457161635AC672A1DC6F %X Hardy's first published novel, Desperate Remedies (1871), a piece of sensation fiction that encompasses illegitimacy, murder, blackmail, impersonation, and bigamy, was originally published anonymously. Written while, in Hardy's own words, he was 'feeling his way to a method', it nonetheless contains early examples of the kinds of extreme situations and emotions that continued to play a significant role in his later plots. As part of The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy, this edition of the novel provides an authoritative text; full scholarly apparatus that allows the reader to trace Hardy's creative process; an introductory essay discussing the work's composition, publication, and critical reception; and comprehensive explanatory notes. %@ 9781107036925

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