TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hardy, Thomas.
TI  - A Laodicean: a story of today 
SN  - 9789350091647
U1  - FIC HAR 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Everyman
KW  - Castles
KW  - Fiction
KW  -  Conservation and restoration
N2  - In "A Laodicean" (1881) Mr. Hardy became less spontaneous and charming, although more subtle and, perhaps, more powerful. The heroine, Paula Power, the Laodicean, neither hot nor cold, is a most interesting study in feminine psychology. The three leading male characters—Somerset, the architect, Dare, the adventurer, and Captain de Stancy, the scion of a decayed family—are well drawn
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