and the many young women who wrote to him [Thomas Hardy], asking for advice on where they might settle in Wessex, were clearly selective in their responses to his books. They hoped to become happy Bathshebas, not to share the grim fate of Tess.
from The Sunday Times: Let’s talk about Wessex
for more Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy,
see: The Sunday Times: A fittingly awkward ending
and: The Guardian: At home with the wizard
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