Summary
The phrase "life's little ironies" is now proverbial, but it was coined by Hardy as the title for this, his third volume of short stories, including such classics as An Imaginative Woman and A Tragedy of Two Ambitions. Unified by his quintessential irony, strong visual sense, and engagingcharacters, these stories deal with the tragic and the humorous, the metaphysical and the magical. This edition is the first to be based on a critical examination of all available manuscript and printed versions of the texts.
Table of Contents
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1 | (23) |
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23 | (14) |
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37 | (16) |
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A Tragedy of Two Ambitions |
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53 | (22) |
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75 | (22) |
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97 | (16) |
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113 | (16) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (3) |
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Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver |
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132 | (8) |
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The History of the Hardcomes |
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140 | (8) |
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The Superstitious Man's Story |
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148 | (3) |
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Andrey Satchel and the Parson and Clerk |
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151 | (7) |
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Old Andrey's Experience as a Musician |
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158 | (2) |
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Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir |
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160 | (3) |
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The Winters and the Palmleys |
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163 | (7) |
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Incident in the Life of Mr George Crookhill |
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170 | (4) |
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