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 povestiri care recreeaza cu tandrete o lume rurala pe cale de disparitie si examineaza represiunile vietii burgheze de la sfarsitul secolului. Aceasta carte contine povesti si schite care poseda bogatia descrierilor, portretizarea traditiilor pitoresti din Wessex, umorul si caracterizarea ,,chauceriana", psihologia perspicace si critica.