Desperate Remedies

by Thomas Hardy

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"Desperate Remedies" by Thomas Hardy is a sensation novel published in 1871. Cytherea Graye, forced into service by poverty, must navigate forbidden love, dark family secrets, and dangerous deceptions. When she reluctantly marries the mysterious Aeneas Manston after his wife reportedly dies in a fire, shocking revelations emerge about murder, impersonation, and blackmail.

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