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Originally Posted by hidari
I find Hardy's novels to be interesting but slow at times. However, I would recommend people read Hardy's Poetry. After all, He was a poet first and foremost...at least in my opinion... much prefer his poetry to his prose.
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Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Henry James and Nathaniel Hawthorne were all undeniably great writers, and every well-educated person should read at least one of each of their books.
But life is far too short to bother wading through a second.