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The Withered Arm and Other Wessex Tales

AuthorThomas Hardy

NarratorVarious

Duration7h

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Short Stories

Key StageKS4

PublisherInhouse

VersionUnabridged

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Hardy's first collection of short stories was written between 1879-1888, with many of the tales set before Hardy's birth in 1840. These humorous and affectionate observations of rustic life include the following tales: 'An Imaginative Woman', 'The Three Strangers', 'The Withered Arm', 'Fellow-Townsmen', 'Interlopers at the Knap' and 'The Distracted Preacher'.

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