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The Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories 1888-1900

Thomas Hardy author Keith Wilson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:1st May '03

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The Melancholy Hussar/ A Tragedy of Two Ambitions/ The First Countess of Wessex/ Barbara of the House of Grebe/ For Conscience' Sake/ The Son's Veto/ On the Western Circuit/ An Imaginative Woman/ A Changed Man/ Enter a Dragoon
The 11 short storiesin this collection range from those with the Wessex setting familiar from Hardy's novels, to aristocratic historical fantasies set in the 17th and 18th centuries, and tragic or ironic contemporary dramas. Enormously readable in their own right, thestories can also be seen as a rich testing ground for ideas and themes that receive more sustained treatment in Hardy's most innovative and controversial novels.

ISBN: 9780140439007

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 500g

400 pages