Thomas Hardy's 'A Laodicean'-A Story of Today' (1881)
One of Hardy's Neglected Novels The term 'Laodicean' comes from the Book of Revelation, chapter 3, meaning 'lukewarm' and 'non committal' or even 'incapable of making a real commitment'. [ 14 ] And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; [ 15 ] I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. [ 16 ] So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth I can not trace any TV,radio, or stage adaptations. A screenplay has been written with an audio version uploaded on to You Tube in seven parts, not sure if this was ever performed. This highlights the storyline's more comic elements. Hardy was ill in bed when constructing working on the novel,dictating the text to his wife Emma. 'A Laodicean' was originally p