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On the morning appointed for her departure Tess awoke before dawn — at the marginal minute of the dark when the grove is still mute save for one proph...more

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To persons standing alone on a hill during a clear midnight such as this, the roll of the world is almost a palpable movement. To enjoy the epic form ...more

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Suddenly an unexpected series of sounds began to be heard in this place up against the starry sky. They were the notes of Oak´s flute. It came from th...more

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People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's ...more

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This is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly

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He grew away from old associations, and saw something new in life and humanity. Secondarily, he made close acquaintance with phenomena which he had be...more

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In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for l...more

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Tess was awake before dawn — at the marginal minute of the dark when the grove is still mute, save for one prophetic bird who sings with a clear-voice...more

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Yet her experience had consisted less in a series of pure disappointments than in a series of substitutions. Continually it had happened that what she...more

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She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time and chance, except perhaps fair play

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And all this while the subtle-souled girl asking herself why she was born, why sitting in a room, and blinking at the candle; why things around her ha...more