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rKarpinski ◴[] No.41852573[source]
"thomas hardy

Lies, lies, misery, lies, suicide, rape, and corn prices."

So true

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1. ljsprague ◴[] No.41854365[source]
This also makes you think his book would be depressing to read but I've read the Mayor of Casterbridge and I would call it joyful. Odd.
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2. anigbrowl ◴[] No.41854590[source]
'Oh, you think you hate me? Hold my gruel.'
3. deathanatos ◴[] No.41862482[source]
…I know literature, like all art, is open to interpretation, but I am immensely curious as to how you came away from The Mayor of Casterbridge with joy, of all things.
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4. ljsprague ◴[] No.41863931[source]
Haha, you're right, joyful isn't the right word but there's something pleasant in all the twists and turns. There's something comical about Henchard's sadness.