Download or read book The Hand of Ethelberta written by Thomas Hardy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the book, it is told that Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but, through her work as a governess, married well at the age of eighteen. Her husband died two weeks after the wedding and, now twenty-one, Ethelberta lives with her mother-in-law, Lady Petherwin. In the three years that have elapsed since the deaths of both her husband and father-in-law, Ethelberta has been treated to foreign travel and further privilege by her benefactress, but restricted from seeing her poor family.