After this novel, Hardy was involved into deeper consideration for the fate and the future of the peasantry in Wessex society. 在這部小說之後，哈代轉而進入到深沉的哲學思考中，探索隨著威塞克斯農村社會的毀滅而破產的農民階級的出路和命運問題。
Axolotls sudden death rises to the philosophic layer, which achieves the graciousness and grace to all flesh, as well as a mood of pessimism and world-weariness. 蠑螈的偶然之死則上升到對死亡的哲學思考，達到了對萬物和眾生的親近感和慈悲心，但也帶來一種悲觀厭世的情緒。
