A General Drama Of Pain: Character And Fate In Hardy's Major Novels

by Paris and Bernard J. Paris

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A General Drama Of Pain: Character And Fate In Hardy's Major Novels

Synopsis

This motivational analysis of the protagonists in Thomas Hardy's three most widely read novels--Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Jude the Obscure--highlights an often-overlooked aspect of his art. Bernard J. Paris shows Hardy's genius in creating imagined human beings. He demonstrates that while Hardy tends to blame external conditions for his characters' painful...