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Bless thy simplicity, Tess

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
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Dorchester
Dorset
Bless
Simplicity
Tess

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