Wessex Tales

Wessex Tales

by Thomas Hardy
Wessex Tales

Wessex Tales

by Thomas Hardy

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Overview

Wessex Tales is a collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840. Through them, Thomas Hardy talks about nineteenth century marriage, grammar, class status, how men and women were viewed, medical diseases and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9786057748393
Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Publication date: 01/01/1900
Pages: 282
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range: 13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Thomas Hardy, (born 1840, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England-died 1928, Dorchester, Dorset), English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex, his name for the counties of southwestern England.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks

Table of Contents

PREFACE

AN IMAGINATIVE WOMAN

THE THREE STRANGERS

THE WITHERED ARM

CHAPTER I—A LORN MILKMAID

CHAPTER II—THE YOUNG WIFE

CHAPTER III—A VISION

CHAPTER IV—A SUGGESTION

CHAPTER V—CONJUROR TRENDLE

CHAPTER VI—A SECOND ATTEMPT

CHAPTER VII—A RIDE

CHAPTER VIII—A WATER-SIDE HERMIT

CHAPTER IX—A RENCOUNTER

FELLOW-TOWNSMEN

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

INTERLOPERS AT THE KNAP

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

THE DISTRACTED PREACHER

CHAPTER I—HOW HIS COLD WAS CURED

CHAPTER II—HOW HE SAW TWO OTHER MEN

CHAPTER III—THE MYSTERIOUS GREATCOAT

CHAPTER IV—AT THE TIME OF THE NEW MOON

CHAPTER V—HOW THEY WENT TO LULSTEAD COVE

CHAPTER VI—THE GREAT SEARCH AT NETHER-MOYNTON

CHAPTER VII—THE WALK TO WARM’ELL CROSS AND AFTERWARDS

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