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Life's Little Ironies

Author
Thomas Hardy
Series
Timeless Classic
Language
English
Length
196 pages
ISBN
9781910343999
Published
15 August 2014
Imprint
Sovereign
  • human nature
  • fate
  • love
  • coincidence
  • tragic
  • comic
  • rural landscape
  • Wessex
  • unpredictability
  • irony

Description

"Life's Little Ironies" is a deftly woven tapestry of tales that showcases Thomas Hardy's keen observation of human nature and the often bitterly amusing contradictions that define our lives. This collection of stories delves into the vagaries of fate, love, and coincidence, revealing the ironic twists that befall his characters—even as they strive for happiness in the harsh rural landscape of Hardy's fictional Wessex. Through narratives that range from tragic to comic, Hardy examines the profound and sometimes cruel ironies that underpin the human condition, offering a deep, though often wry, reflection on life's unpredictability.

Author

Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) gave English literature its most unforgettable tragic landscapes — the imagined county of Wessex, where heath, village, and market town hold the fate of ordinary lives. In Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Far from the Madding Crowd, he wrote characters undone by chance, desire, and the hard edges of Victorian society.

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