Life's Little Ironies

Contains tales that tenderly re-create a vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siecle bourgeois life. This book contains tales and sketches that possess the wealth of description, the portrayal of the quaint lore of Wessex, the 'Chaucerian' humour and characterisation, the shrewd and critical psychology.

Contine povesti care recreeaza cu blandete o lume rurala care dispare si examineaza represiunile vietii burgheze fin-de-siecle. Aceasta carte contine povesti si schite care poseda bogatia descrierii, portretizarea traditiei ciudate din Wessex, umorul si caracterizarea ,,chauceriana", psihologia perspicace si critica.