Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at
Canterbury. The proverbial phrase 'life's little ironies' was
coined by Hardy for his third volume of short stories. These tales
and sketches possess all the power of his novels: the wealth of
description, the realistic portrayal of the quaint lore of Wessex,
the 'Chaucerian' humour and characterisation, the shrewd and
critical psychology, the poignant estimate of human nature and the
brooding sense of wonder at the essential mystery of life. The
tales which make up Life's Little Ironies tenderly re-create a
rapidly vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of
fin-de-siecle bourgeois life. They share the many concerns of
Hardy's last great novels, such as the failure of modern marriage
and the insidious effects of social ambition on the family and
community life. Ranging widely in length and complexity, they are
unified by Hardy's quintessential irony, which embraces both the
farcical and the tragic aspects of human existence.
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