El maestro se marchaba del pueblo y todo el mundo parecía sentirlo. El molinero de Cresscombe le había prestado su pequeño carro blanco y entoldado y el caballo para transportar sus enseres a su ciudad de destino, a unos treinta y dos kilómetros de distancia, ya que el vehículo en cuestión ofrecía sobrada capacidad para ese traslado. La vivienda de la escuela había sido equipada por la administración, y el único trasto engorroso que el maestro poseía, además del cajón de libros, era un piano vertical que había comprado en una subasta el año en que pensó aprender música instrumental. Aunque, pasado el primer entusiasmo, jamás adquirió soltura alguna para tocar, y la dichosa compra se había convertido en una constante molestia cada vez que cambiaba de casa. El párroco, a quien no le gustaba el espectáculo de las mudanzas, se había ausentado durante todo el día. No tenía intención de regresar hasta el atardecer, cuando el nuevo maestro hubiera llegado, estuviera instalado y todo discurriera normalmente otra vez.
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Höhe: 220 mm
Breite: 170 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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979-10-419-3495-9 (9791041934959)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.
While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin.
