A Group of Noble Dames

A series of short stories written by  Thomas Hardy, and includes: The First Countess of Wessex by the local historian, Barbara of the House of Grebe by the old surgeon, The Marchioness of Stonehenge by the rural dean, Lady Mottisfont by the sentimental member, Part II—After Dinner, The Lady Icenway by the churchwarden, Squire Petrick’s Lady by the crimson maltster, Anna, Lady Baxby by the colonel, The Lady Penelope by the man of family, The Duchess Of Hamptonshire by the quiet gentleman, The Honourable Laura by the spark.