"Alicia's Diary" is a short story written by Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy in 1887. Presented as the diary of a young woman named Alicia, it recounts a tragic romance through her own entries. The story was first published in The Manchester Weekly Times on 15 and 22 October 1887, with American rights later sold to S. S. McClure. It was subsequently included in the 1913 collection A Changed Man and Other Tales.
Alicia's Diary
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