"A Group of Noble Ladies" is a collection of short stories by the English writer Thomas Hardy. In these stories, the author focuses on the lives of English women from different social strata. Each of the novels tells the story of an exceptional woman, in which the psychological and ethical problems of that time are revealed. The work examines in depth the issues of morality, relations between the sexes, and other aspects of social life. "A Group of Noble Ladies" is a fascinating literary study of the female character, revealed through the lens of Thomas Hardy's sophisticated stories.