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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 more and more take nature into themselves , and ...
... 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 more and more take nature into themselves , and ...
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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 level than ever he was to do later . His view of life was not tragic ; it was a stoical acceptance of things as they are , a reluctant conformism . The 384 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... tragic level than ever he was to do later . His view of life was not tragic ; it was a stoical acceptance of things as they are , a reluctant conformism . The 384 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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