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Still, it was strange that they should have come to her while yet so young; more than strange, it was impressive, interesting, pathetic. Not guessing the cause, there was nothing to remind him that experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration. Tess’s passing corporeal blight had been her mental harvest.
Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.
【正确答案】：

FROM THOMAS HARDY'S TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES

【题目解析】：引文选自托马斯•哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》。