Considering his position he became wonderfully free from the chronic melancholy which is… — Thomas Hardy
Considering his position he became wonderfully free from the chronic melancholy which is taking hold of the civilized races with the decline of belief in a beneficent Power.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles · 1891
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Current citation
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, edited by Scott Elledge. W. W. Norton & Company, 1990.
Original citation
Hardy, Thomas. "Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented." The Graphic, July–Dec. 1891.