num_pages: 189
description: Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy. Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. These seven tales, in which characters and scenes are imbued with a haunting realism, show considerable diversity of content, form and style, and range from fantasy to realism and from tragedy to comedy.
language: English
title: Wessex Tales
titlecomplete: Wessex Tales
genres: Fiction, Historical, Short Stories, Gothic, British Literature, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 1925
places: Dorset, England, Wessex, England
publisher: Wordsworth Editions