The Three Strangers
"The Three Strangers" | |
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Author | Thomas Hardy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Wessex Tales |
Genre(s) | Short story |
Published in | Longman's Magazine Harper's Weekly |
Publication type | Periodical Book |
Media type | |
Publication date | 1883 |
Followed by | "The Withered Arm" |
"The Three Strangers" is a short story by Thomas Hardy from 1883.
Background[]
The story is a pastoral history[1] told by an omniscient narrator more than 50 years after the event. The sheep-stealer is a kind of folk hero who stole to survive and escaped by outsmarting his hangman.
Casterbridge was the name for Dorchester in Thomas Hardy's Wessex.[2]
Publication[]
"The Three Strangers" was published in Longman's Magazine and Harper's Weekly in March 1883.[3] Five years later it became the first of five stories in Hardy's Wessex Tales.
References[]
- ^ Kristin Brody (1982). The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy. New York.
- ^ "Thomas Hardy: Placenames". Neal.Oxborrow.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28.
- ^ Pinion, F. B. (1978). A Hardy Companion. London.
External links[]
- The Three Strangers public domain audiobook at LibriVox
Categories:
- Works by Thomas Hardy
- 1883 short stories
- Works originally published in Harper's Magazine