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The fundamental error of their matrimonial union; that of having based a permanent… — Thomas Hardy

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The fundamental error of their matrimonial union; that of having based a permanent contract on a temporary feeling.

Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure · 1894
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Challenges of marriageMarriage
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Novel
Time
1894
Person
Thomas Hardy
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Current citation
Hardy, Thomas. Jude the Obscure, edited by Ralph Pite. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Original citation
Hardy, Thomas. "Jude the Obscure." Harper's New Monthly, Dec. 1894.

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