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Thomas Hardy's novels are typically set in which region of England?
AThe industrial north of England, depicting factory towns and textile mills
BThe fictional "Wessex" region (based on rural south-west England) ✓
CThe remote and rugged Scottish Highlands, featuring clans and moorland
DLondon's East End, documenting the poverty and crime of the Victorian era
Explanation
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) set his novels in a fictional "Wessex" region, based on the rural south-west of England (largely Dorset). His novels include "Far from the Madding Crowd" and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles".
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