English Literature / Unit 15 ENL 1419 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Thomas Hardy the Novelist
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The idea
Thomas Hardy set his novels in Wessex, a semi-fictional region of southwest England: Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native and The Mayor of Casterbridge. His tragic characters struggle against their passions and their social circumstances.
In practice
Wessex, fate, tragedy.
Where people slip
Wessex is semi-fictional.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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