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INTRODUCTION:



THOMAS HARDY


Thomas Hardy and George Meredith have often been coupled as the last of the Victorians. In both cases the term,—as journalistic terms are too apt to be,— is peculiarly inappropriate. Neither Meredith nor Hardy is Victorian, except in the sense that they began their careers before the end of that period. Rightly or wrongly, a certain smug righteousness, professional optimism, a determined brightness of outlook, are generally associated with the art which the Victori...