<Li> "A Mere Interlude" (1885) (collected in A Changed Man and Other Stories) </Li> <Li> "A Tryst at an Ancient Earthwork" (1885) (collected in A Changed Man and Other Stories) </Li> <Li> "Alicia's Diary" (1887) (collected in A Changed Man and Other Stories) </Li> <Li> "The Waiting Supper" (1887--88) (collected in A Changed Man and Other Stories) </Li>

Discuss the importance of the novels of thomas hardy