Wessex Tales Audiobook (Unabridged)

" only rated on the withered arm story. "

" Most of the stories are imbued with Hardy's characteristic fatalism. My favorite one is the Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion. "

" Some absolutely spanking Wessex vignettes are to be discovered in this selection. The journey to the house in 'The Three Strangers' is particularly memorable. "

" I first read Thomas Hardy in my very first course at ASU. It was Critical Reading and Writing About Literature and the professor was a very eccentric woman, Kathryn Harris. I hated that class, but I'm glad she introduced me to Thomas Hardy. "

" Thomas Hardy didn't become The Thomas hardy for nothing. "

" Loved this. Each story is like a super-concentrated shot of bitterness and misery. Looking for all the depression a Hardy novel can muster but don't have the time for hundreds of pages? This is your book! "

" A collection of short stories. Some of these were excellent, in particular, "The Withered Hand." Others were just OK. "

" What a strange book of short stories. Each has the classic Hardy ironic twist, but compacted into fifty pages, and without the long-winded descriptions of the countryside. "

" I loved these a lot. Yet more short stories to add to the list for this year. I never usually read short stories. Wth, 2008? Wth? "

" I love stories from the 1800's. Nothing about people has changed. At all. "

" A series of short stories by Thomas Hardy dealing with the rural life of Wessex County, England during the first half of the 19th century. Very enjoyable, but for me they are not up to the caliber of his novels. "

" Good variety of short stories; well-written and surprisingly fresh. One short piece (1804) is the only weak entry in the collection. "

" This is a really enjoyable collection of short stories with morals or twists - or both - and some well drawn characters. An easy-to-read collection, it would provide a gentle introduction to Hardy's style of writing. "

" As always, Thomas Hardy's writing creates a vivid sense of place and of the people who live there. He creates a world which is often harsh, sometimes amusing, but always compelling, and the stories in this collection make fine companions to his longer works. "