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Thomas Hardy was an English author, best known for ''[[Jude the Obscure]]'' and ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles]]''.
Thomas Hardy was an English author, best known for ''[[Jude the Obscure]]'' and ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles]]''.
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=== This author provides examples of: ===
* [[Defiled Forever]]: Tess.
* [[Defiled Forever]]: Tess.
* [[Downer Ending]]: And how! Things don't tend to end well in Hardy novels.
* [[Downer Ending]]: And how! Things don't tend to end well in Hardy novels.

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Thomas Hardy was an English author, best known for Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbervilles.


Tropes used in Thomas Hardy include:
  • Defiled Forever: Tess.
  • Downer Ending: And how! Things don't tend to end well in Hardy novels.
  • Lost Lenore: Most of Hardy's poetry is inspired by his first wife, Emma. In a cruel twist of irony, he neglected her for his work while she was alive.
  • You Can't Fight Fate: Hardy was an adherent of fatalism, which stated that everything was fated and any attempts to avert it would just cause the fate in question to happen more painfully. This tended to lead to a Downer Ending, as noted above.