{"product_id":"wessex-tales-by-thomas-hardy-fiction-classics-short-stories-literary-paperback","title":"Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy, Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Literary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWessex Tales is a collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his great \"Wessex Novels,\" Thomas Hardy wrote \u003cem\u003eWessex Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (1896), a collection of six stories written in the 1880s and 1890s that, for the most part, are as bleakly ironic and unforgiving as the darkest of his great novels -- \u003cem\u003eJude the Obscure.\u003c\/em\u003e But this great novelist began and ended his writing career as a poet. In-between, he wrote a number of books that many readers find emotionally-wrenching, but which are considered among the classics of 19th Century British literature, including \u003cem\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTess of the D'Urbervilles.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062472229003,"sku":"9781603120166","price":29.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/m50EKdNGUR9781603120166.webp?v=1779641427","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/wessex-tales-by-thomas-hardy-fiction-classics-short-stories-literary-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}