Wessex Tales - Wordsworth Classics
“Six years of marriage, and only a few months of love,” she sometimes whispered to herself." The Withered Arm, Wessex Tales, 1888
'Wessex Tales' are a collection of seven short stories by Thomas Hardy, which explore the constraints of marriage, class structures and the position of women in society. Set in his fictional Wessex, the stories show how his characters lives are often constrained by the codes of Victorian respectability. The tales include 'The Withered Hand' and 'The Three Strangers'.
Paperback - 1995
224 pages
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