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Originally Posted by LuvReadin
Have to agree with you on that one. I've really tried to get through some of them, but it's no good - I just don't get them. Years ago, I read what I still think is the best description of Hardy's novels: "They're all miserable, and then they die", and I'm afraid I concur fully with it!
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Thomas Hardy was ground-breaking in that he was really the first author to write novels that broke the "rule" that "novels have to have a comedic (ie happy) ending". But I have to agree; Hardy's novels are undoubtedly great works of literature, but they're damned depressing.