The business of the poet and novelist is to show the sorrows... - Thomas Hardy

This quote is attributed to Thomas Hardy.

"The business of the poet and novelist is to show the sorrows underlying the grandest things, and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things."

Thomas Hardy Literature

Novelist Poet English 1840–1928

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