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Classic Love Stories

A Laodicean : A Story of To-day

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    Thomas Hardy's A Laodicean : A Story of To-day is a classic romance novel. It deals with architects.

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    About A Laodicean : A Story of To-day

    "A Laodicean: A Story of To-day" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1880-81. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle and finds herself torn between two suitors: George Somerset, a modern London architect, and Captain De Stancy, representing aristocratic tradition. When De Stancy's illegitimate son schemes to manipulate Paula's affections through falsified telegrams and photographs, the resulting deceptions threaten to destroy her chance at happiness. This unusual Hardy tale explores the conflict between modernity and romantic medievalism through intrigue and subterfuge.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

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    • Castles, Conservation and restoration
    • Love stories
    • Wessex, England
    • Architects

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    Who wrote A Laodicean : A Story of To-day?

    A Laodicean : A Story of To-day was written by Thomas Hardy.

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    It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

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