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Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy
Category: Poetry
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in Dorset. He left school at sixteen to work as an apprentice for an architect who specialized in church restoration. He made his reputation as a novelist, and it wasn't until after the publication of his last novel, The Well-beloved, in 1897, that he dedicated himself ...Show more
Thomas Hardy Boxed Set - Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, the Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude by Thomas Hardy
Category: Fiction
Set in Hardy's fictional realm of Wessex, these four charming novels have been brought together in a stunning clothbound set, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. From the moving and poetic story of Tess of the D'Urbervilles to the intensely dramatic tale of the Mayor of Casterbridge, t ...Show more
Thomas Hardy - Faber Nature Poets by Thomas Hardy
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Nature Poets
A selection of the writer's greatest nature poetry, selected by Tom Paulin, published in a beautiful new edition by Faber. At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited; An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, In blast-beruffled plume, Had chosen thus ...Show more
Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems by Thomas Hardy
Category: Poetry
This is a selection of Hardy's poetry, within the
Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy
Category: Fiction
'Then they proceeded to scan the sky, roving from planet to star, from single stars to double stars, from double to coloured stars...' Hardy's atmospheric, moving story of star-crossed lovers shows human beings at the mercy of forces far beyond their control, setting a tragic drama of human passion and ...Show more
Two on a Tower: a Romance by Thomas Hardy
Category: Classic
The unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St Cleeve, an astronomer who is ten years her junior. Her husband's death leaves the lovers free to marry, but the discovery of a legacy forces them apart.
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin English Library
This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Under the Greenwood Tree" by Thomas Hardy. 'At sight of him had the pink of her cheeks increased, lessened, or did it continue to cover its normal area of ground? It was a question meditated several hundreds of times by her visitor in after-hours - the m ...Show more
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury. Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy's most bright, confident and optimistic novel. This delightful portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and quiet irony, established Hardy as a writer. Ho ...Show more
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
This edition presents a critically established text based on comparisons of every revised version. Hardy placed this tale among his Novels of Character and Environment, a group which is held to include his most characteristic work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made av ...Show more
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
While the Reverend Maybold creates a furore among the village's musicians with his decision to abolish the church's traditional 'string choir' and replace it with a modern mechanical organ, the new schoolteacher, Fancy Day, causes an upheaval of a more romantic nature, winning the hearts of 3 men - a lo ...Show more