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"It s tacit tales so dear. 

Our thoughts, when breath has speed, 

Will meet and mingle here!" 

Words!" mused we. "Passed the mortal door. 
Our thoughts will reach this nbok no pore." 



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Thomas Hardy, OM 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, especially William 
Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. 
Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, 
though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society. - 
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Read by Bruce Kachuk; Newgatenovelist; Greg Giordano; Ian 
King; Lee Ann Howlett; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper; Matthew 
Datcher; SkyAlbatross and Tomas Peter. . Total running time: 
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laws. Cover design by Annise. This design is in the public 
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