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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Literary question #164223 12/12/2006 12:10 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Can someone tell me the famous English novel (or one of them) in which a woman 'wrongs' a man by marrying him and then quickly decides he isn't really her true love before moving on to a new man on a whim. I'm thinking perhaps it's Thomas Hardy, but I can't think of the book of hand. Ta. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Literary question #164224 12/12/2006 12:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Btw, I'm thinking the female character's caprice causes the man to subsequently become sinister and bitter after which something ensues to cause her to regret her acitons towards him. I realise, this is probably sounding like many romantic novels. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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