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My wicked heart will ramble on in spite of myself. (Arabella)

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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Dorchester
Dorset
Wicked
Spite
Heart
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