That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times.
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About Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was a 19th-century English novelist and poet. Thomas Hardy 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, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony