Cheer up—the worst is yet to come.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Pessimism

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Letters of Mark Twain

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Misdirection

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Twain, Mark. Letter to Olivia Clemens. 19 Apr. 1894.

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Considering his position he became wonderfully free from the chronic melancholy which is taking hold of the civilized races with the decline of belief in a beneficent Power.

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Topic
Disenchanted world

Author

Thomas Hardy
Source
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas. "Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented." The Graphic, July–Dec. 1891.

Current Citation

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