The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dra… - Thomas Hardy

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The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D’Urbervilles · January 30, 2003 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Thomas Hardy OM (June 2 1840 – January 11 1928) was an English novelist, short story writer and poet.

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