A novel is an impression, not an argument.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892, preface.

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Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, edited by Scott Elledge. W. W. Norton & Company, 1990, preface.

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A quote by Thomas Hardy about novels: “A novel is an impression, not an argument.”

A quote by Thomas Hardy about novels: “A novel is an impression, not an argument.”

A quote by Thomas Hardy about novels: “A novel is an impression, not an argument.”