Thomas Hardy : a textual study of the short stories /: a textual study of the short stories. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Ray.
• Authors: Ray, Martin
• Contents: The three strangers -- A tradition of eighteen hundred and four -- The melancholy hussar -- The withered arm -- Fellow-townsmen -- Interlopers at the Knap -- The distracted preacher -- The first Countess of Wessex -- Barbara of the House of Grebe -- The Marchioness of Stonehenge -- Lady Mottisfont -- The Lady Icenway -- Squire Petrick's lady -- Anna, Lady Baxby -- The Lady Penelope -- The Duchess of Hamptonshire -- The Honourable Laura -- An imaginative woman -- The son's veto -- For conscience' sake -- A tragedy of two ambitions -- On the western circuit -- To please his wife -- The fiddler of the reels -- A few crusted characters: Introduction. Tony Kytes, the arch-deceiver. The history of the hardcomes. The superstitious man's story. Andrey Satchel and the parson and clerk. Old Andrey's experience as a musician. Absent-mindedness in a parish choir. The Winters and the Palmleys. Incident in the life of Mr. George Crookhill. Netty Sargent's copyhold -- A changed man -- The waiting supper -- Alicia's diary -- The grave by the handpost -- Enter a dragoon -- A tryst at an ancient earthwork -- What the shepherd saw -- A committee-man of "the terror" -- Master John Horseleigh, knight -- The duke's reappearance -- A mere interlude -- The romantic adventures of a milkmaid.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (376 pages)
• Subjects: 823/.8; Pastoral fiction, English -- Criticism, Textual; Fiction -- Technique; Short story; Criticism and interpretation; Fiction -- Technique; Pastoral fiction, English; Short story; Tekstgeschiedenis; Korte verhalen; Engels; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism, Textual; Fictional works; Critique textuelle; Et les nouvelles
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351879378; 1351879375
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.