A Changed Man: And Other Tales

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

Regularly once a week they rode out in marching order.Returning up the town on one of these occasions, the romantic pelisse flapping behind each horseman's shoulder in the soft south-west wind, Captain Maumbry glanced up at the oriel. A mutual nod was exchanged between him and the person who sat there reading. The reader and a friend in the room with him followed the troop with their eyes all the way up the street, till, when the soldiers were opposite the house in which Laura lived, that young lady became discernible in the balcony.'They are engaged to be married, I hear,' said the friend.'Who-Maumbry and Laura? Never-so soon?''Yes.''He'll never marry. Several girls have been mentioned in connection with his name. I am sorry for Laura.''Oh, but you needn't be. They are excellently matched.''She's only one more.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775454021
Publisher:	The Floating Press
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	403 KB

About the Author

An English Victorian author of novels, poems, and short stories, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is best known for the classic books Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Set mostly in the semi-imagined region of Wessex, Hardy’s fictional works retain their popularity thanks to an accessible style, Romantic plots, and richly drawn characters.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks