Rural Life and Love-a study of two short stories by Thomas Hardy

Both the Withered Arm and the Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion are both set in small villages in rural England. Village life in England was then and still is a lot different than city life in cities you don't really know many people and you aren't as isolated as in villages where everyone knows everyone and every bodies business you know what someone has done or is going to do before their closet friends or family even know what is happening in villages, Although they are isolated the environment is a lot better than in towns or cities there is a lot less hassle and its more comfort…