Thomas Hardy's Medieval Mind
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The Free-Spiritedness of Elfride Bathsheber
Elfride Bathsheber comes from the Old English Elf-threat, which means Elf-strength. There was a revival of these kinds of medieval names in the 19th and 20th century. But it's interesting what you were saying about Elfride's sort of free-spiritedness,. because I think reading Hardy doesn't make the feminist heart sing.
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