Thomas Hardy

A Pair of Blue Eyes

Thomas Hardy

A Pair of Blue Eyes

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Desperate Remedies

Thomas Hardy

Desperate Remedies

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) dreamed since childhood of becoming a poet. However, he produced several popular works that cemented his reputation as a great novelist of the Victorian period, and earned him the admiration of later writers like D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. He achieved greatness in the fiction genre early on, writing novels for a living until his mid-fifties, then abandoning fiction entirely in order to devote himself to his true passion—poetry. Hardy's stories are noted for...

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Desperate Remedies

Thomas Hardy

Desperate Remedies

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Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

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Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

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Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

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Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

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Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

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Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

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Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

Powerful and controversial from its 1895 publication to the present, Jude the Obscure scandalized Victorian critics, who condemned it as decadent, indecent, and degenerate. Between its frank portrayals of sexuality and its indictments of marriage, religion, and England's class system, the novel offended a broad swath of readers. Its heated reception led the embittered author to renounce fiction, turning his considerable talents ever afterward to writing poetry.Hardy's last novel...

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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tess Of The D'Urbervilles

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Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy's second to last novel, «Tess of the d'Urbervilles» is the story of Teresa «Tess» Durbeyfield. The plot of the novel is set in motion when a local parson mentions that the Durbeyfields are actually related to the noble family the d'Urbervilles. Trying to capitalize on this knowledge the Durbeyfields send a reluctant Tess to work at the d'Urbervilles estate. There the tragic fate of Tess ensues. «Tess of the d'Urbervilles» challenged the sexual mores of the...

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Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди и др.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

First published serially in 1891 in “The Graphic”, an illustrated British newspaper, “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” is one of the last novels written by Thomas Hardy. It is the titular story of Teresa “Tess” Durbeyfield, the oldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield. The Durbeyfields are a poor family living in rural England who are led to believe by a local parson that they may actually be related to the d’Urbervilles, a noble Norman family. Trying to capitalize on this knowledge the Durbeyfields...

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Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди и др.

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of an impoverished family, must navigate a world of desire and romance once she meets Alec d'Urberville. The son of a rich widow, he takes a fancy to her and gets her a position as the poultry keeper on his family's estate. However, her good fortune is soon complicated by Alec's libertine ways, and Tess returns home shamed. Once recovered, she separates herself from the gossip by finding work at a dairy farm outside the village. There, she meets and...

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

The ne'er-do-well sire of a starving brood suddenly discovers a family connection to the aristocracy, and his selfish scheme to capitalize on their wealth sets a fateful plot in motion. Jack Durbeyfield dispatches his gentle daughter Tess to the home of their noble kin, anticipating a lucrative match between the lovely girl and a titled cousin. Innocent Tess finds the path of the d'Urberville estate paved with ruin in this gripping tale of the inevitability of fate and the tragic...

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Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Censored on its release in 1841, [i]Tess of the d’Urbervilles challenged attitudes with its depiction of a woman forced into a chain of painful circumstances by her social status and by the often cruel treatment of friends, family and the men who loved her. At once a novel of character and a sharply critical novel of society and class, [i]Tess of the d’Urbervilles follows its heroine through a social and emotional gauntlet. The memory of abuse and the stigma of a pregnancy out of wedlock haunt...

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The Hand Of Ethelberta

Thomas Hardy

The Hand Of Ethelberta

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The Hand of Ethelberta

Thomas Hardy

The Hand of Ethelberta

"The Hand of Ethelberta" 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 to...

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Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди

The Hand of Ethelberta

Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди

The Hand of Ethelberta

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), dreamed since his childhood of becoming a poet. However, he produced several popular works that cemented his reputation as a great novelist of the Victorian period, and earned him the admiration of later writers like D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. Hardy's stories are noted for their nuances of Romantic and Enlightenment thinking, particularly elements of the supernatural. One of what Hardy called his Novels of Ingenuity, «The Hand of Ethelberta» explores the...

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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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Thomas Hardy, Томас Харди

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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