Real English County On Which Thomas Hardy Based The Fictional Wessex

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	41%	5		Dorset’s celebrated literary figure who used the names Shaston or Palladour to describe the Saxon hilltop town Shaftesbury in the fictional Wessex of his novels Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D’Urbervilles
noun • United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957) • English novelist and poet (1840-1928) adjective satellite • having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships • able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions • invulnerable to fear or intimidation
	38%	6		An Anglo-Saxon kingdom; or, Thomas Hardy’s fictional world
noun • a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century

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1	A great king of Wessex, d. 899 The Guardian Quick - 02 Nov 2015	The Guardian Quick / 02 Nov 2015
2	An Anglo-Saxon kingdom; or, Thomas Hardy’s fictional world Telegraph Herculis - 14 Aug 2023	Telegraph Herculis / 14 Aug 2023
3	Dorset’s celebrated literary figure who used the names Shaston or Palladour to describe the Saxon hilltop town Shaftesbury in the fictional Wessex of his novels Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D’Urbervilles Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 15 Feb 2025	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 15 Feb 2025
4	King of Wessex, known as "the Great" The Guardian Quick - 29 Apr 2000	The Guardian Quick / 29 Apr 2000
5	Norfolk or Wessex, for example The Guardian Quick - 15 Jun 2004	The Guardian Quick / 15 Jun 2004
6	Painted the portraits of Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell
7	Traditional English surname associated with the ancient kingdom of Wessex

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