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Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Tess of the d'Urbervilles ,A Pure Woman Faithfully PresentedThomas Hardy"Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her past sorrows, keeping back the gloomy spectres that would persist in their attempts to t ...Show more
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Word Cloud Classics) by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser.
A classic novel that explores how the moral standards of Victorian England affected a young woman seeking her place in society. Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a masterpiece of late 19th-century literature, presenting the story of Tess, a poor girl from rural England who fa ...Show more
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
None of the great Victorian novels is more vivid and readable than The Mayor of Casterbridge. Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, the 'partly real, partly dream country' he founded on his native Dorset, it charts the rise and self-induced downfall of a single 'man of character'. The fast-moving and inge ...Show more
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
This fine novel sets in opposition two of Thomas Hardy's most unforgettable creations: his heroine, the sensuous, free-spirited Eustacia Vye, and the solemn, majestic stretch of upland in Dorsetshire he called Egdon Heath. The famous opening reveals the haunting power of that dark, forbidding moon where ...Show more
The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
Thomas Hardy's only historical novel, The Trumpet Major is set in Wessex during the Napoleonic Wars. Hardy skilfully immerses us in the life of the day, making us feel the impact of historical events on the immemorial local way of life - the glamour of the coming of George III and his soldiery, fears of ...Show more
The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
The Well-Beloved completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary Well-Beloved - in s ...Show more
The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction and Notes by Phillip Mallett, Senior Lecturer in English, University of St Andrews. Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a movin ...Show more
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | 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