I'm more and more convinced that Thomas Hardy wrote his tragic novels as a giant set ups for a comedy punchlines. At the climax of The Woodlanders, Grace's father utters the classic sitcom line "I thought you went out to get parsley!"
Orne de Basilic
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West country, ex Music Teacher, semi-retired and fully detached. Relearning French. Saints supporter and cricket watcher. Love a good book. #FBPE
