A vehicle merchant in Winesburg who is a friend of Jesse Bentley. Jesse sends his daughter Louise to live with Albert and his children John, Mary, and Harriet so that she can attend Winesburg High School. Albert is adamant about the importance of books and learning despite not being educated himself.
Albert Hardy Quotes in Winesburg, Ohio
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9. Godliness, Part III: Surrender
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It seemed to her that between herself and all the other people in the world, a wall had been built up and that she was living just on the edge of some warm inner circle of life that must be quite open and understandable to others. She became obsessed with the thought that it wanted but a courageous act on her part to make all of her association with people something quite different, and that it was possible by such an act to pass into a new life as one opens a door and goes into a room.
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The Narrator (speaker), Jesse Bentley, Louise Bentley, John Hardy, Albert Hardy, Harriet Hardy, Mary Hardy
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9. Godliness, Part III: Surrender
...never receives the love she craves. Louise is sent to live with her father’s friend Albert Hardy and his three children so that she can attend Winesburg High School. Albert’s daughters Mary...
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