Nellibobs’ Friday Night #20: ‘Literature of Obstinacy and Stubbornness’
Written by Jane Davis, 21st July 2010
Mr Nellist continues his birthday celebration by considering the literature of obstinacy and stubborness: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure and Shakespeare's Coriolanus come to mind.
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