The origin of “cliffhanger” and moments of excellence in Thomas Hardy’s novels. #111Words #KathrynSchulz #TheNewYorker #Suspense #Cliffhangers #ThomasHardy #APairOfBlueEyes #Novels #Fiction #Literature https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-origin-of-cliffhanger-and-moments.html

Thomas Hardy’s “The Hand of Ethelberta” (1876). #111Words #ThomasHardy #Novels #Fiction #Literature #TheHandOfEthelberta #APairOfBlueEyes #FarFromTheMaddingCrowd https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/08/thomas-hardys-hand-of-ethelberta-1876.html

“Mumbo Jumbo” in Thomas Hardy’s “A Pale of Blue Eyes” (1873) and Francis Moore’s "Travels Into the Inland Parts of Africa" (1738). #111Words #ThomasHardy #APairOfBlueEyes #FrancisMoore #TravelsIntoTheInlandPartsOfAfrica #MumboJumbo #IshmaelReed #Novel #History #OED #Etymology https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/05/mumbo-jumbo-in-thomas-hardys-pale-of.html

Thomas Hardy avoiding a conventional ending for a romance novel in “A Pair of Blue Eyes” (1873). #111Words #ThomasHardy #APairOfBlueEyes #Novel #Literature #Romance https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/05/thomas-hardy-avoiding-conventional.html

She has a certain versatility that enables her to use with effect a style of narration peculiar to herself, which may be called a murmuring of delicate emotional trifles, the particular gift of those to whom the social sympathies of a peaceful time are as daily food. (Thomas Hardy, "A Pair of Blue Eyes”) #ThomasHardy #APairOfBlueEyes #Fiction #Novels