William Hatherell – illustratör

Like " Tess of the D''Urbervilles," the story of "Jude the Obscure" is a manifestation of the author''s later manner—a manner which is a natural and almost inevitable development in a writer who possesses Mr. Hardy''s extraordinary capacity for observation, profound knowledge of human nature, and philosophical ideas concerning the problem of existence. Mr. Hardy has never been an author to write novels merely for the purpose of providing entertainment, or for illustrating in more or less persuasive form some preconceived didactic proposition. He has been content to take men and women as they are, and no one in English fiction—possibly no one in the whole range of modern literature—has been able to surpass him in depicting the reaction of circumstances upon character. In this carefully reasoned, closely woven narrative of " Jude the Obscure" he sets before us the entirely natural and consistent experiences of two sensitive and impulsive creatures, who have been profoundly and disastrously affected by the changes in popular thought regarding ideals of religious faith and personal conduct; who, yielding to their thoroughly undisciplined emotions, work out for themselves a destiny full of bitterness and sorrow. It has been said that Mr. Hardy is not a writer to work on preconceived theories,but he certainly has some effective doctrines regarding the behavior of the two sexes under similar conditions, and when one comes to analyze this story one finds that a settled conviction underlies its entire texture, and this conviction is that misfortunes and disappointments, which soften the heart of man and tend to make him more considerate and charitable in his dealings with his fellows, have as a rule a contrary effect upon the heart of a woman.

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This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Novels:Under the Greenwood TreeFar from the Madding CrowdThe Return of the NativeThe Mayor of CasterbridgeThe WoodlandersTess of the d''UrbervillesJude the ObscureA Pair of Blue EyesThe Trumpet-MajorTwo on a TowerThe Romantic Adventures of a MilkmaidThe Well-BelovedDesperate RemediesThe Hand of EthelbertaA LaodiceanShort Stories:Wessex TalesAn Imaginative WomanThe Three StrangersThe Withered ArmFellow-TownsmenInterlopers at the KnapThe Distracted PreacherLife''s Little IroniesThe Son''s VetoFor Conscience'' SakeA Tragedy of Two AmbitionsOn the Western CircuitTo Please His WifeThe Melancholy Hussar of the German LegionA Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and FourThe Fiddler of the ReelsA Few Crusted CharactersTony Kytes, the Arch-deceiverThe History of the HardcomesThe Superstitious Man''s StoryAndrey Satchel and the Parson and ClerkOld Andrey''s Experience as a MusicianAbsent-Mindedness in a Parish ChoirThe Winters and the PalmleysIncident in Mr. Crookhill''s LifeNetty Sargent''s CopyholdA Group of Noble DamesThe First Countess of WessexBarbara of the House of GrebeThe Marchioness of StonehengeLady MottisfontThe Lady IcenwaySquire Petrick''s LadyAnna, Lady BaxbyThe Lady PenelopeThe Duchess of HamptonshireThe Honourable LauraA Changed Man and Other TalesOther StoriesDrama:The DynastsThe Famous Tragedy of the Queen of CornwallPoetry Collections:Wessex Poems and Other VersesPoems of the Past and the PresentTime''s Laughingstocks and Other VersesSatires of CircumstanceMoments of VisionLate Lyrics and EarlierHuman Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and TriflesWinter Words in Various Moods and MetresOther PoemsOther Works:The Dorsetshire LabourerThe Rev. William Barnes, B.D.The Science of FictionThe Profitable Reading of FictionCandour in English FictionMemories of Church RestorationShort Essays

This carefully crafted ebook: "C. N. WILLIAMSON & A. N. WILLIAMSON Ultimate Collection: 30+ Mystery Classics & Adventure Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Mystery NovelsThe Motor MaidThe Girl Who Had NothingThe Second LatchkeyThe Castle of ShadowsThe House by the LockThe Guests of HerculesThe Port of AdventureThe BrightenerThe Lion''s MouseThe Powers and MaxineAdventure FictionIt Happened in EgyptThe Adventures of Princess SylviaThe Car of DestinyMy Friend the ChauffeurThe Chauffeur and the ChaperonEveryman''s LandThe Princess VirginiaAngel Unawares: A Story of Christmas EveA Soldier of LegionThe Princess PassesWinne Child, The Shop-GirlWhere the Path BreaksRosemary, A Christmas storyVision HouseThe Golden SilenceThe Heather MoonSet in SilverTraveloguesLord John in New YorkLord Loveland Discovers America Lady Betty Across the WaterSecret History Revealed by Lady Peggy O''MalleyThe Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor CarThe Lightning Conductor Discovers AmericaCharles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) were British novelists who jointly wrote a number of novels which cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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