Thomas Hardy may have been lauded for his 'complete understanding of a woman's soul'... but he was less considerate with his own wives and lovers, writes ANTHONY CUMMINS
His best known novel, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles describes the unjust punishment meted out to a young milkmaid driven to murder by her brutal treatment at the hands of a playboy aristocrat.
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