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I read the paperback edition of the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of this first of Thomas Hardy's great novels. Published in 1874 and set in the fictional Wessex counties of southwestern England in the 1860s, is the excellent story of simple farmers, a dashing soldier, a beautiful, rural heiress, love, obsession, betrayal and murder.
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It is like a very early Mills & Boon but with literary style and craft to die for. There are sections that just sing from the page
Dec 29, 2011
Electricfancy
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Margaret Govero
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Sep 05, 2024
Dawn
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