A Changed Man and Other Tales Thomas Hardy,
Publisher: Aegypan
ISBN: 1603128573
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-03-01
Summary:
The great British novelist Thomas Hardy, among other things, was the
author of the poem, "The Dead Man Walking." Considered the "writer of
Dorset," Hardy's fictional Wessex is perhaps bleaker than the real
Dorset itself, long possessed of a hard, cold, lonely beauty. A
Changed Man and Other Tales is a collection of Hardy's stories
written between 1880 and 1910. The title story is reminiscent of
Hardy's longer, darker novels such as Jude the Obscure. The "Changed
Man" is Captain Maumbry, a dashing Hussar from a regiment that comes
to Casterbridge, captivating all the young women and most of the
young men. But the regiment is "haunted" and -- after a new parson
comes to town, the formerly carefree soldier Maumbry is transformed
into a deeply religious minister. But his wife has no intention of
becoming a poor parson's bridge; the dissolution of their marriage
and both of their lives constitutes the rest of the tale. In
distilling deep insight from what serves as cruel gossip in most
towns -- not merely Casterbridge -- Hardy is writing about his
heart's truest subject. A Changed Man and Other Tales is highly
recommended for readers who are moved by such bleak, uncompromising,
yet truthful visions.
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