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"thomas hardy Lies, lies, misery, lies, suicide, rape, and corn prices." So true

• ljsprague 2y ago
  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.
  • anigbrowl 2y ago
    'Oh, you think you hate me? Hold my gruel.'
  • deathanatos 2y ago
    …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.
    • ljsprague 2y ago
      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.