[hardy-l] Bridal night scene

[Rosemarie Morgan]

Correction -- until she *realises* she's pregnant!

Just to be accurate.
Best
Rosemarie

At 10:25 AM 2/21/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Carolyn
>
>  Thank you for the comprehensive reply. I am concluding my part of this 
> (it's all in my book anyway) To my mind Tess had no choice but to stay on 
> working at Trantridge. She was responsible for -- had taken on the 
> responsibility of  -- supporting her family. This she did, duty bound, 
> until she became pregnant.
>
>Yes , I like the phrase you quote from Fraser  - it sound very Hardyan.
>
>All the best,
>Rosemarie
>
>>into our own thinking, even now in the C20th & C21st. As a reader, 
>>especially in my teens, I found myself disturbed by Tess' seemingly slow 
>>departure from Tantridge
>
>Rosemarie Morgan
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>President, The Thomas Hardy Association
>Editor, The Hardy Review
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Rosemarie Morgan
Research Fellow, Yale University
President, The Thomas Hardy Association
Editor, The Hardy Review
124 Bishop St, New Haven, CT 06511

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