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- ↑ M. Seymour-Smith, Thomas Hardy (London 1994) p. 637-9
- ↑ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1993) p. 746
- ↑ T. and F. Hardy, Thomas Hardy (London 2007) p. 404
- ↑ D. Wright ed., Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems (Penguin 1978) p. 442
- ↑ T. and F. Hardy, Thomas Hardy (London 2007) p. 294
- ↑ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1993) p. 746
