The Withered Arm and Other Stories 1874-1888
Author: Thomas Hardy
“See if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker’s hands like mine.”So Rhoda Brook, the abandoned mistress of Farmer Lodge, is jealous to discover details of his new bride in ‘The Withered Arm’, the title story in this selection of Hardy’s finest short stories. Hardy’s f….Read More
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