Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works

单项选择题Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless...And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. The quoted lines are most probably taken from ______.

单项选择题______ is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.