How Effective is Thomas Hardy's Short Story "Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver" In the 19th century the genre of the short story expanded greatly in its popularity. One of the authors who grew in his skill as a writer at the same time as the genre was Thomas Hardy. I will be considering a short story named "Tony Kytes The Arch Deceiver". The story follows the exploits of a handsome man in rural England. I …showed first 75 words of 1283 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1283 total…the women were yearning to marry Tony. Also the women seem to have a rivalry between them to get Tony, there are more interested in beating each other than marrying Tony. Tony is not the "arch deceiver" the title talks about, he is just someone who is looking for a wife. He allows himself to get into this situation because he is trying not trying not hurt the girl's feelings, he is just a romantic.