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Thomas Hardy's ashes were buried in Westminster Abbey, in Poets' Corner, and his heart was buried in Stinsford in Dorset, alongside the grave of his first wife (and Cecil Day-Lewis, curiously). Unfortunately there persists a rumour that, after being extracted but before being buried, his heart was accidentally eaten by a cat, which, honestly, I rather think Hardy would have found pretty funny. (A typical article on this for reference: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherhow...)


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