# A Group of Noble Dames explained — Short Fiction

> Chapter companion for Short Fiction by Thomas Hardy.

## What happens

The chapter presents a collection of stories about noble ladies, introduced with a poetic epigraph from Milton's L'Allegro, suggesting themes of beauty, influence, and the lives of aristocratic women.

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