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Exploring themes of ambition and melancholy, this collection features two stories about hangmen, reflecting on local traditions surrounding executions. The author shares personal anecdotes from childhood, including interactions with a man whose failed ambition led to deep sorrow, and a woman who sought a bizarre cure involving a convict's corpse. The narrative also addresses the fluidity of memory, urging readers to reconsider the origins of stories. The collection includes six compelling tales, each delving into human experience and societal norms.
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Wessex Tales, Thomas Hardy
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
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- Titel
- Wessex Tales
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Thomas Hardy
- Verlag
- Maven Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 238
- ISBN13
- 9789387867024
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historisches Thema, Klassiker, Kurzgeschichten, Britische Literatur, 19. Jahrhundert, Viktorianisches Zeitalter
- Bewertung
- 3,8 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Exploring themes of ambition and melancholy, this collection features two stories about hangmen, reflecting on local traditions surrounding executions. The author shares personal anecdotes from childhood, including interactions with a man whose failed ambition led to deep sorrow, and a woman who sought a bizarre cure involving a convict's corpse. The narrative also addresses the fluidity of memory, urging readers to reconsider the origins of stories. The collection includes six compelling tales, each delving into human experience and societal norms.