Wessex Tales: Thomas Hardy

Wessex Tales: Thomas Hardy
ISBN-10
1541294386
ISBN-13
9781541294387
Series
Wessex Tales
Pages
148
Language
English
Published
2016-12-25
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author
Thomas Hardy

Description

Wessex Tales A Collection of Tales Thomas Hardy Wessex Tales is an 1888 collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840. In the various short stories, Hardy writes of the true nature of nineteenth century marriage and its inherent restrictions, the use grammar as a diluted form of thought, the disparities created by the role of class status in determining societal rank, the stance of women in society and the severity of even minor diseases causing the rapid onset of fatal symptoms prior to the introduction of sufficient medicinal practices. A focal point of all the short stories is that of social constraints acting to diminish one's contentment in life, necessitating unwanted marriages, repression of true emotion and succumbing to melancholia due to constriction within the confines of 19th century perceived normalcy.

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