Life's little ironies

a set of tales, with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few crusted characters

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Life's little ironies

a set of tales, with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few crusted characters

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301

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Table of Contents

[Life's little ironies] The son's veto. For conscience' sake. A tragedy of two ambitions. On the western circuit. To please his wife. The melancholy hussar of the German legion. The fiddler of the reels. A tradition of eighteen hundred and four
A few crusted characters. 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.

Edition Notes

First edition. Nine stories previously appeared serially in the Illustrated London news, Dec. 1, 1891, Fortnightly review, Mar. 1891, the Universal review, Dec. 1888, the English illustrated magazine, Dec. 1891, Black and white, June 27, 1891, Bristol times and mirror, Jan. 4 and 11, 1890, Scribner's magazine (New York) May 1893, Harper's Christmas, Dec. 1882, and Harper's new monthly magazine, Mar.-June 1891 respectively. cf. R. L. Purdy. Thomas Hardy: a bibliographical study.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1978. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English Literature ; LEL 13263)

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Library of English literature -- LEL 13263.
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Few crusted characters

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Microform
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301 p.
Number of pages
301

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OL13560178M
OCLC/WorldCat
4851969

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OL15239340W

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