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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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- Rok vydania
- 2021
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- Titul
- Wessex Tales
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Thomas Hardy
- Vydavateľ
- Maven Books
- Rok vydania
- 2021
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 238
- ISBN13
- 9789387867024
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletria, Historické téma, Klasika, Poviedky, Britská literatúra, 19. storočie, Viktoriánska doba
- Hodnotenie
- 3,8 z 5
- Anotácia
- 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.