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Life's little ironies : a set of tales, with some colloquial sketches, entitled, A few crusted characters / by Thomas Hardy.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1894 Hardy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- England--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
- England.
- Man-woman relationships--England--Wessex--Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Wessex (England)--Fiction.
- Wessex (England).
- Genre:
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1894.
- Physical Description:
- 268 pages ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- Few crusted characters.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Bros., 1894.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- First American ed. Cf.Purdy, p.85.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in green cloth with title and design of various faces in gilt.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on t.p.: "Received Apr 9 1894, The Athenaeum."
- OCLC:
- 2899377
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