01796cam a22003373u 4500 3056 UtSlPG 20260610133107.0 m cr n 260607r2002||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Wessex Tales Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2002 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex_Tales Release date is 2002-02-01 An imaginative woman -- The three strangers -- The withered arm -- Fellow-townsmen -- Interlopers at the Knap -- The distracted preacher. David Price "Wessex Tales" by Thomas Hardy is a collection of short stories published in 1888. Set in nineteenth-century England, these tales explore the constraints of marriage, rigid class structures, and the limited position of women in society. Hardy examines how social expectations force individuals into unwanted marriages, suppress genuine emotions, and trap people within the narrow confines of Victorian respectability. Each story reveals how these pressures diminish human contentment and freedom, painting a portrait of lives shaped—and often constrained—by the era's strict social codes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Wessex (England) -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3056 45128 45128