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Chargement... Fellow-Townsmen (Hesperus Classics)par Thomas Hardy
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Fellow-Townsmen captures in miniature some of the central preoccupations of Thomas Hardy's oeuvre. Delicately chronicling the cruel twists and turns of human fate, it exemplifies Hardy's enduring perfection of his literary craft - and the artistic brilliance of his passionate portrayal of the trials of the human heart. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Fellow-Townsmen is like a miniature Hardy novel. Like many of his novels there are three main characters and the theme of unrequitted love. Set in the imaginary landscape of Wessex, a young woman falls for and loves a man of moderate means, while the other lover moves away. When he returns years later, and finds out she is a widow he proposes to her, but is rejected. She changes her mind, and when she starts out to look for him the following day, discovers that he has left again. As with many of Hardy's major novels, a love-triangle and fate are important elements. Although Fellow-Townsmen is conceived as a short story, the time line in the story spans several decades, as a novel would need to develop the plot.
Still, the story cannot be a real substitute for the magnificent novels, but a nice intermezzo. Or perhaps a nice introduction for readers new to Thomas Hardy, who might look for a short work to taste before tackling one of the novels. ( )