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  • A Group of Noble Dames

  • By: Thomas Hardy
  • Narrated by: Nigel Graham
  • Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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A Group of Noble Dames

By: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Nigel Graham
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Publisher's summary

A Group of Noble Dames is an 1891 collection of short stories by great English novelist Thomas Hardy.

The ten stories focus on "store of ladies, whose bright eyes rain influence". Hardy delves into the hidden depths of country families to reveal what went on behind the scenes.

Part I - Before Dinner
The First Countess of Wessex
Barbara of the House of Grebe
The Marchioness of Stonehenge
Lady Mottisfont

Part II - After Dinner
The Lady Icenway
Squire Petrick's Lady
Anna, Lady Baxby
The Lady Penelope
The Duchess Of Hamptonshire
The Honourable Laura

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) was an English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement.

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Public Domain (P)2009 RNIB
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