We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt a closer friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson, and many others share their words with our ears. The selections are:
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"He's like one of those elderly relatives of whom you say, "He's a miserable git, but that's why we love him". 'The Convergence Of The Twain' remains one of my favourites. " — S.J. (5 out of 5 stars)
"He's like one of those elderly relatives of whom you say, "He's a miserable git, but that's why we love him". 'The Convergence Of The Twain' remains one of my favourites. "
" I love Hardy's novels but he is also a truly great poet. "
" Always liked Impressionist literature. "
" Fairly typical Victorian mawkish stuff, I thought. "
" So melancholy! I'm glad this was only a selection instead of the complete works. I like Hardy, but after a while he is just depressing. "
" I find Hardy's poems much better than his short stories. "
" Hardy's poems and short stories came just before the Victorian Era tried to destroy all that is good and right in literature. As such, it is pretty good. "
" Mostly ok, but a few very brilliant and very moving moments. "
" Wow. I never thought Thomas Hardy would be such an awesome poet. "Channel Firing" is the shit and so are quite a few others. Now I've really got to read Jude the Obscure... "
" I LOVE some of his poetry, the sound the meter the bleak....sweeps me away every single time. "
" I much prefer his fiction. "
" Thomas Hardy is a joke. How can anyone take this morbid stuff seriously? "
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), English poet, dramatist, and novelist, was born on the Egdon Heath in Dorset. He studied in Dorchester and apprenticed to an architect before leaving for London, where he began to write. Unable to find a public for his poetry, which idealized the rural life, he turned to the novel and met with success as well as controversy. The strong public reaction against some of his darker themes turned him back to writing verse. Today several of his novels are considered masterpieces of tragedy.
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