Life's Little Ironies: A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Life's Little Ironies: A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928).
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"Life's Little Ironies" by Thomas Hardy is a collection of tales originally published in 1894. The stories explore what Hardy calls "tricks of Nature" and life's unexpected turns, set in his fictional Wessex region. The collection includes tales of vivid imagination, moral dilemmas, thwarted ambitions, and rural life, ranging from individual character studies to a series of interconnected village sketches. Hardy revised the collection in 1927, rearranging stories to better reflect their thematic connections.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Life's Little Ironies: A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters
- Author credits: Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Short stories, English
- Wessex (England) -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Short Stories
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