A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928 creator text utu 2002 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Life's Little Ironies" by Thomas Hardy is a collection of tales originally published in 1894. The stories explore what Hardy calls "tricks of Nature" and life's unexpected turns, set in his fictional Wessex region. The collection includes tales of vivid imagination, moral dilemmas, thwarted ambitions, and rural life, ranging from individual character studies to a series of interconnected village sketches. Hardy revised the collection in 1927, rearranging stories to better reflect their thematic connections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 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 1804 -- A few crusted characters. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%27s_Little_Ironies Release date is 2002-01-01 David Price Original publication data not identified Wessex (England) -- Fiction Short stories, English PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3047 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3047 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133107.0 3047