Writings by Susan Dickinson: Review of Hardy

H bMS Am 1118.95, Box 9

and briefly told, there is almost
an impression of ~~crudity~~ ^crudeness and
ungracefulness ^{in the construction}. There is little
background, no under array
of actors to relieve the Primas,
and Heroes, who for a few years
live on, borne on ^down by the tide.
One is smoothly happy, marries
and we care little about her.
Two more marry - the man
for love - the woman for caprice.
A little farther on driven by
passion, she forfeits her own
self-respect, makes her own


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