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... tragic works that follow , The Mayor of Casterbridge ( 1886 ) , Tess of the d'Urbervilles ( 1891 ) , and Jude the Obscure ( 1895 ) , one has the feeling that the tragic heroes and heroines inore and more take nature into themselves ...
... tragic works that follow , The Mayor of Casterbridge ( 1886 ) , Tess of the d'Urbervilles ( 1891 ) , and Jude the Obscure ( 1895 ) , one has the feeling that the tragic heroes and heroines inore and more take nature into themselves ...
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... tragic novel is The Mayor of Casterbridge . Henchard is his grandest hero , as Tess is his most moving heroine , and much of Henchard's tragic greatness comes from his impercipience . He contains all nature within him- self , as a truly ...
... tragic novel is The Mayor of Casterbridge . Henchard is his grandest hero , as Tess is his most moving heroine , and much of Henchard's tragic greatness comes from his impercipience . He contains all nature within him- self , as a truly ...
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... tragic horror , but in Jude everything is subordinated to the depiction of the increas- ingly tragic situation of Jude and Sue . They are described from a much closer range than is usual with Hardy . Jude is the characteristic Hardy ...
... tragic horror , but in Jude everything is subordinated to the depiction of the increas- ingly tragic situation of Jude and Sue . They are described from a much closer range than is usual with Hardy . Jude is the characteristic Hardy ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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