Life's Little Ironies
by Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Macmillan 1920
ISBN/ASIN: 1853261785
Number of pages: 552
Description:
The phrase "life's little ironies" is now proverbial, but it was coined by Hardy as the title for this volume of short stories. Unified by his quintessential irony, strong visual sense, and engaging characters, these stories deal with the tragic and the humorous, the metaphysical and the magical.
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