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... Hardy the Novelist : " Christian teachers have always said that there was no alternative to Christianity but pessimism , that if Christian doctrine was not true , life was a tragedy . Hardy agreed with them . " He did so because he ...
... Hardy the Novelist : " Christian teachers have always said that there was no alternative to Christianity but pessimism , that if Christian doctrine was not true , life was a tragedy . Hardy agreed with them . " He did so because he ...
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... Hardy's other novels and gives them their sense of timelessness . One can't say that design , as opposed to plot ... Hardy is always weakest , his manipulation of the plot . Simply because Hardy is working much more nearly at the level ...
... Hardy's other novels and gives them their sense of timelessness . One can't say that design , as opposed to plot ... Hardy is always weakest , his manipulation of the plot . Simply because Hardy is working much more nearly at the level ...
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... Hardy . Hardy was of Wessex and remained of Wessex , as Bennett was never of the Five Towns . For Hardy , Wessex was a mi- crocosm of the universe , and we accept it as such . But for i Bennett the Five Towns were provincial ; he left ...
... Hardy . Hardy was of Wessex and remained of Wessex , as Bennett was never of the Five Towns . For Hardy , Wessex was a mi- crocosm of the universe , and we accept it as such . But for i Bennett the Five Towns were provincial ; he left ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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