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Desperate RemediesThomas Hardy

Desperate Remedies

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Original author: Thomas Hardy

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"Desperate Remedies" by Thomas Hardy is a sensation novel published in 1871. Cytherea Graye, forced into service by poverty, must navigate forbidden love, dark family secrets, and dangerous deceptions. When she reluctantly marries the mysterious Aeneas Manston after his wife reportedly dies in a fire, shocking revelations emerge about murder, impersonation, and blackmail. Hardy's first published novel weaves gothic elements with Victorian intrigue, building to a climactic confrontation that will determine whether love can survive desperate circumstances.

Desperate Remedies, by Thomas Hardy. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #3044.

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23 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: The Events of Thirty Years322 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Events of Thirty Years5,145 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The Events of a Fortnight4,734 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The Events of Eight Days6,745 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: The Events of One Day1,951 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: The Events of One Day6,710 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: The Events of Twelve Hours7,154 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Events of Eighteen Days5,195 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Events of Eighteen Days9,590 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: The Events of Ten Weeks8,074 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Events of a Day and Night7,626 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: The Events of Five Days8,026 words
  1. 13.Chapter XII: The Events of Ten Months8,067 words
  2. 14.Chapter XIII: The Events of One Day (1)8,787 words
  3. 15.Chapter XIII: The Events of One Day (2)5,200 words
  4. 16.Chapter XIV: The Events of Five Weeks3,654 words
  5. 17.Chapter XV: The Events of Three Weeks4,125 words
  6. 18.Chapter XVI: The Events of One Week5,050 words
  7. 19.Chapter XVII: The Events of One Day3,642 words
  8. 20.Chapter XVIII: The Events of Three Days5,537 words
  9. 21.Chapter XIX: The Events of a Day and Night11,024 words
  10. 22.Chapter XX: The Events of Three Hours2,509 words
  11. 23.Chapter XXI: The Events of Eighteen Hours7,714 words