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An invaluable resource for students of nineteenth-century writing and of Hardy in particular, this edition presents a text which closely reflects Hardy's original intentions. All his revisions are clearly shown, enabling readers to trace his creative process. An introductory essay outlines the stories' composition, publishing history and reception.

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Introduction; Life's Little Ironies: The Son's Veto; For Conscience' Sake; A Tragedy of Two Ambitions; On the Western Circuit; To Please his Wife; The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion; The Fiddler of the Reels; A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four; A Few Crusted Characters; Apparatus; Editorial Emendations; Textual Notes; Record of Variants – Accidentals; End-of-line Word Division; Appendices; Explanatory Notes; Glossary of Dialect Terms.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 19/10/2023
      ISBN13: 9781108491433, 978-1108491433
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary reference works Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction Books by Thomas Hardy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An invaluable resource for students of nineteenth-century writing and of Hardy in particular, this edition presents a text which closely reflects Hardy's original intentions. All his revisions are clearly shown, enabling readers to trace his creative process. An introductory essay outlines the stories' composition, publishing history and reception.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Life's Little Ironies: The Son's Veto; For Conscience' Sake; A Tragedy of Two Ambitions; On the Western Circuit; To Please his Wife; The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion; The Fiddler of the Reels; A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four; A Few Crusted Characters; Apparatus; Editorial Emendations; Textual Notes; Record of Variants – Accidentals; End-of-line Word Division; Appendices; Explanatory Notes; Glossary of Dialect Terms.

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