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Hardy spans the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the nineteenth century he was chiefly known for his novels, and late in life, he made it clear that he would never have written a line of prose if he could have made a living from poetry.
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Martin, B. (1989). Thomas Hardy. In: Martin, B. (eds) The Nineteenth Century (1798–1900). Macmillan Anthologies of English Literature. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20159-4_57
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