Life's Little Ironies

A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled 'A Few Crusted Characters'

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9781775417293
• Edition: 0

Short stories are a perfect way to enjoy and appreciate classic literature in reader-friendly, bite-sized chunks. This collection of perfectly polished little gems from Thomas Hardy, author of works such as Return of the Native and Far from the Madding Crowd, offers a great introduction to this renowned author.

Table of contents

• LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES
• Contents
• THE SON'S VETO
• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• FOR CONSCIENCE' SAKE
• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• A TRAGEDY OF TWO AMBITIONS
• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• Chapter IV
• Chapter V
• ON THE WESTERN CIRCUIT
• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• Chapter IV
• Chapter V
• Chapter VI
• TO PLEASE HIS WIFE
• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• THE MELANCHOLY HUSSAR OF THE GERMAN LEGION
• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• Chapter IV
• Chapter V
• 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