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Hardy's pessimism

Perhaps this kind of stuff should go in the Hardy article? (Perhaps if expanded on more it would fit here?) Hardy is a solid pessimist. Like Sophocles, he believes that we are guided by the stick of gods and deities. He is one of those who believe that " Happiness is an occasional episode in the general drama of pain '.This is what he shows in The Return Of The Native'.

I cut-and-pasted these remarks from the beginning of the plot description; they are not my own. Jgreenbook 05:48, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

three unities

Hardy scrupulously observes the three unities of time, place, and action and suggests that the struggles of those trying to escape their destinies will only hasten their destruction.

Isn't the "unity of time" usually taken to mean "occurring in the course of a single day"? john k (talk) 03:23, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New film adaptation?

The reference to a new film is now a dead link (looks as if custard.tv is no longer in existence). Does anyone have any up-to-date information about the Simon Burke / Company Pictures film? ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 09:21, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of ISBN from Wikidata

Please note that this article's infobox is retrieving an ISBN from Wikidata currently. This is the result of a change made to {{Infobox book}} as a result of this RfC. It would be appreciated if an editor took some time to review this ISBN to ensure it is appropriate for the infobox. If it is not, you could consider either correcting the ISBN on Wikidata (preferred) or introducing a blank ISBN parameter in the infobox to block the retrieval from Wikidata. If you do review the ISBN, please respond here so other editors don't duplicate your work. This is an automated message to address concerns that this change did not show up on watchlists. ~ Rob^Talk 01:25, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Diggory Venn.

The Yetties folk group had a song called "Diggory Venn, The Raddleman".213.205.252.118 (talk) 20:33, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]