Detalles
The proverbial phrase \'Lifes little ironies was coined by Hardy for his third volume of short stories. These tales and sketches possess all the power of his novels: the wealth of description, the realistic portrayal of the quaint lore of Wessex, the \'Chaucerian \' humour and characterisation, the shrewd and critical psychology, the poignant estimate of human nature and the brooding sense of wonder at the essential mystery of life. The tales which make up Life\'s Little Ironies tenderly re-create a rapidly vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siécle bourgeois life. They share many of the concerns of Hardys last great novels, such as the failure of modern marriage and the insidious effects of social ambition on the family and community life. Ranging widely in length and complexity, they are unified by Hardys quintessential irony, which embraces both the farcical and the tragic aspects of human existence.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.The tales which make up Life\'s Little Ironies tenderly re-create a rapidly vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siécle bourgeois life. They share many of the concerns of Hardys last great novels, such as the failure of modern marriage and the insidious effects of social ambition on the family and community life. Ranging widely in length and complexity, they are unified by Hardys quintessential irony, which embraces both the farcical and the tragic aspects of human existence.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.
Thomas Hardy
información no disponible.
Introduction
Prefatory note by Thomas Hardy
Life's Little Ironies
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 Pew 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
Glossary of Place Names
Notes