Eighteen short stories by a master story teller.

Latest episodes of the podcast Life's Little Ironies; A Set Of Tales With Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled A Few Crusted Characters by Thomas Hardy

• Story 1 The Son's Veto
• Story 2 For Conscience's Sake
• Story 3 A Tragedy Of Two Ambitions, Chapters 1-2
• Story 3 A Tragedy Of Two Ambitions, Chapters 3-5
• Story 4 On The Western Circuit, Chapters 1-3
• Story 4 On The Western Circuit, Chapters 4-6
• Story 5 To Please His Wife
• Story 6 The Melancholy Hussar Of The German Legion
• Story 7 The Fiddler Of The Reels
• Story 8 A Tradition Of Eighteen Hundred And Four
• Story 9 A Few Crusted Characters
• Story 10 A Few Crusted Characters: Tony Kytes, The Arch Deceiver
• Story 11 A Few Crusted Characters: The History Of The Hardcomes
• Story 12 A Few Crusted Characters: The Superstitious Man's Story
• Story 13 A Few Crusted Characters: Andrey Satchel And The Parson And Clerk
• Story 14 A Few Crusted Characters: Old Andrey's Experience As A Musician
• Story 15 A Few Crusted Characters: Absent-Mindedness In A Parish Choir
• Story 16 A Few Crusted Characters: The Winters And The Palmleys
• Story 17 A Few Crusted Characters: Incident In The Life Of Mr. George Crookhill
• Story 18 A Few Crusted Characters: Netty Sargent's Copyhold