Wessex Tales is an 1888 collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardys birth in 1840.In the various short stories, Hardy writes of the true nature of nineteenthcentury marriage and its inherent restrictions, the use of grammar as a diluted form of thought, the disparities created by the role of class status in determining societal rank, the stance of women in society and the severity of even minor diseases causing the rapid onset of fatal symptoms prior to the introduction of sufficient medicinal practices. A focal point of all the short stories is that of social constraints acting to diminish ones contentment in life, necessitating unwanted marriages, repression of true emotion and succumbing to melancholia due to constriction within the confines of 19thcentury perceived normalcy. Six of the short stories were adapted as television dramas, forming the BBC2 anthology series Wessex Tales"The Withered Arm" (7 November 1973, BBC2), adapted by Rhys Adrian, directed by Desmond Davis (The Internet Movie Database claims Davis is uncredited this is an error) and starring Billie Whitelaw."FellowTownsmen" (14 November 1973, BBC2), adapted by Douglas Livingstone, directed by Barry Davis, and starring Jane Asher."A Tragedy of Two Ambitions" (21 November 1973, BBC2), adapted by Dennis Potter, directed by Michael Tuchner, and starring John Hurt. This story is from Hardys collection Lifes Little Ironies."An Imaginative Woman"...

Binding: Hardcover;190 pages; Publisher: Bibliotech Press; Classification: N/A; Weight: 523.7 g; Dimensions: N/A

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