The Major Novels of Thomas HardyA. Swallow, 1965 - 59 pages |
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Page 21
... happiness was but the occasional episode in a gen- eral drama of pain . ( 385-6 ) Another example occurs at the end of the next - to - last chapter of Far from the Madding Crowd . Gabriel Oak and Bathsheba walk up the hill together ...
... happiness was but the occasional episode in a gen- eral drama of pain . ( 385-6 ) Another example occurs at the end of the next - to - last chapter of Far from the Madding Crowd . Gabriel Oak and Bathsheba walk up the hill together ...
Page 24
... happiness . But Hardy's attitude towards the fail- ings of his characters is more neutral than Jane Austen's ; he is more curi- ous about the natural forces stimulat- ing errors and vices , less inclined to rely upon socially accepted ...
... happiness . But Hardy's attitude towards the fail- ings of his characters is more neutral than Jane Austen's ; he is more curi- ous about the natural forces stimulat- ing errors and vices , less inclined to rely upon socially accepted ...
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... happiness impossible ; rather , they represent those cases - neither rare nor overly common in which an ac- cidental combination of forces serves to bring about serious misfortune . The appropriate reaction to such his- tories would ...
... happiness impossible ; rather , they represent those cases - neither rare nor overly common in which an ac- cidental combination of forces serves to bring about serious misfortune . The appropriate reaction to such his- tories would ...
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