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The Withered Arm is a chilling short story set in rural southern England. Milkmaid Rhoda Brook, abandoned by Farmer Lodge, becomes consumed by jealousy toward his new, beautiful bride Gertrude Lodge. A haunting vision of a withered arm drives Rhoda into a dark obsession, leading to a supernatural curse that binds the two women in tragedy. The tale explores love, illegitimacy, broken promises, and the inexorable pull of fate in Hardy’s stark Wessex landscape.
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ISBN-10 0141882433 · ISBN-13 9780141882420 · Penguin Books · 1999
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ISBN-13 9780241251614 · Penguin · 2016-03-03
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