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A Changed Man and Other Tales

Thomas Hardy

A Changed Man and Other Tales

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Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

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Thomas Hardy

Wessex Tales

Thomas Hardy

Wessex Tales

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Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Set in the fictional town of Casterbridge, «The Mayor of Casterbridge» is Thomas Hardy's tragic story of Michael Henchard who over indulges in alcohol at a county fair and decides to auction off his wife and daughter to a sailor. When he recovers his sobriety Mr. Henchard realizes his mistake but it is too late to get his family back. Devastated he decides not to touch alcohol again for the next twenty-one years. The novel advances eighteen years to find the teetotaling Henchard as the...

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The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди

The Mayor of Casterbridge

A cruel joke at a country fair goes too far when a drunken laborer auctions off his wife and child to the highest bidder. So begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy's gripping tale of a man's rise and fall amid the natural beauty and human brutality of a rural English community.First published serially in 1886, the novel was praised by critics for its realism and poetic style. Most agreed, however, that its plot hinges upon unlikely turns of events. Hardy replied, «It is not...

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The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

After arguing with his wife Susan at a country fair near Casterbridge in Wessex, Michael Henchard, drunk on rum auctions her off, along with their baby daughter, to Richard Newson, a passing sailor, for five guineas. Sober and remorseful the next day, he is too late to locate his family and vows not to touch liquor again for 21 years. Some 18 years later, after Newson is lost at sea, Susan seeks out Henchard again, taking her daughter with her. She discovers that Henchard has become a very...

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The Mayor of Casterbridge (with an...

Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge (with an Introduction by Joyce Kilmer)

Set in the fictional town of Casterbridge, “The Mayor of Casterbridge” is Thomas Hardy’s tragic story of Michael Henchard, who over indulges in alcohol at a country fair and decides to auction off his wife and daughter to a sailor. When he recovers his sobriety, Mr. Henchard realizes his mistake, but it is too late to get his family back. Devastated by his impetuous actions he decides not to touch alcohol again for the next twenty-one years. The novel advances eighteen years to find the...

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Thomas Hardy

Far From the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

Far From the Madding Crowd

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Thomas Hardy

Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

Return of the Native

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Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

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The Complete Novels of Thomas Hardy...

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The Complete Novels of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)

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THOMAS HARDY Ultimate Collection: 1...

Thomas Hardy

THOMAS HARDY Ultimate Collection: 15 Novels, 53 Short Stories & 650+ Poems (Illustrated Edition)

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Poems of the Past and the Present

Thomas Hardy

Poems of the Past and the Present

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The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native

"The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...

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The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди

The Return of the Native

"O delivery my heart from this fearful gloom and loneliness," prays the passionate Eustacia Vye, who detests her life amid the dreary environs of Egdon Heath. With the return of Clym Yeobright from Paris, her escape for the heath and its brooding isolation appears to be at hand. Clym finds in Eustacia the same dark mystery of his native heath, and his irresistible attraction to them both leads to a clash of idealism and realism.Thomas Hardy's timeless tale of a...

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Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native

The native of Thomas Hardy's 1878 novel «The Return of the Native» is Clym (Clement) Yeobright, a young man who gives a successful career as a diamond merchant in Paris to return to his native Egdon Heath to become a Schoolmaster and to help educate poor and ignorant children. Clym's character is contrasted by Eustacia Vye, a beautiful young woman who longs to escape Egdon Heath for a more glamorous life elsewhere. Hearing of Clym's return she pursues him with hopes of him taking...

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The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native

Damon Wildeve, a local innkeeper known for his fickleness is preoccupied with Eustacia Vye, an exotically beautiful young woman who broke up with him when Clym, a successful diamond merchant, returned from Paris to his native Egdon Heath. Eustacia sees him as a way to escape the hated heath and begin a grander, richer existence in a glamorous new location. When he sees that Eustacia is lost to him, Wildeve marries Thomasin Yeobright, who gives birth to a daughter. After realizing that Clym...

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