December 1889 Issue [Fiction] The first countess of Wessex Download PDF Adjust Share by Thomas Hardy, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Child marriage Domestic fiction England Fiction Marriages of royalty and nobility More from Thomas Hardy Two and Two Among the folk invited to Tony’s wedding were the Hardcomes o’ Climmerston — Stephen and James — first cousins, both of them small farmers. With them were their intended wives,… “A gentleman’s second-hand suit” Circus-rider to ringmaster (Casterbridge Fair) Adjust Share