A Few Crusted Characters

by

Thomas Hardy

eBooks@Adelaide
2006

First published in March 1891.

This text derived from the short story collection Life's little ironies, published in 1895.

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Last updated Thursday October 12 2006.

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Table of Contents

A few crusted characters

Tony Kytes, the Arch-deceiver
The History of the Hardcomes
The Superstitious Man’s Story
Andrey Satchel and the Parson and Clerk
Old Andrey’s experience as a musician
Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir
The Winters and the Palmleys
Incident in the life of Mr. George Crookhill
Netty Sargent’s Copyhold

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