Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy PDF Author: Claire Tomalin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101201924
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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"A masterful portrait" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) from a Whitbread Award-winning biographer, and author of A Life of My Own. The novels of Thomas Hardy have a permanent place on every booklover's shelf, yet little is known about the interior life of the man who wrote them. A believer and an unbeliever, a socialist and a snob, an unhappy husband and a desolate widower, Hardy challenged the sexual and religious conventions of his time in his novels and then abandoned fiction to reestablish himself as a great twentieth-century lyric poet. In this acclaimed new biography, Claire Tomalin, one of today's preeminent literary biographers, investigates this beloved writer and reveals a figure as rich and complex as his tremendous legacy.

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy PDF Author: Claire Tomalin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101201924
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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"A masterful portrait" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) from a Whitbread Award-winning biographer, and author of A Life of My Own. The novels of Thomas Hardy have a permanent place on every booklover's shelf, yet little is known about the interior life of the man who wrote them. A believer and an unbeliever, a socialist and a snob, an unhappy husband and a desolate widower, Hardy challenged the sexual and religious conventions of his time in his novels and then abandoned fiction to reestablish himself as a great twentieth-century lyric poet. In this acclaimed new biography, Claire Tomalin, one of today's preeminent literary biographers, investigates this beloved writer and reveals a figure as rich and complex as his tremendous legacy.

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy PDF Author: Mark Ford
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067473789X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Acknowledgements -- Index

The Trumpet-major, John Loveday

The Trumpet-major, John Loveday PDF Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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A Pair of Blue Eyes

A Pair of Blue Eyes PDF Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 467

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Young Elfride falls in love for the first time with an architect who is sent to make plans to renovate the local church. She supposes Stephen to be a professional man from London, but finds he comes from more humble origins. Stephen must go away and make something of himself before he can claim her. Circumstances change in his absence, and Elfride must decide if she will keep her pledge to marry Stephen. A Pair of Blue Eyes is Thomas Hardy’s third novel, and the first one to bear his real name when it was first published. The novel was first published as a serial, and the “cliffhanger” is supposed to have been named after a scene in which a character is left hanging over the edge of a cliff—while readers are left waiting for the next chapter to be serialized. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Under the greenwood tree

Under the greenwood tree PDF Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the Greenwood Tree PDF Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Tess of d'Urbervilles

Tess of d'Urbervilles PDF Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Amaryllis - an imprint of Manjul Publishing House
ISBN: 9391242650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409

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When the impoverished Durbeyfield family learn that they may be descendants of the royal d’Urberville family, they are delighted at the thought of owning a potential fortune and ask their daughter, young Tess, to go and stake their claim. She initially refuses, but is forced to go when she accidentally kills their horse and cripples their livelihood. But her meeting with Alec d’Urberville goes horribly wrong, and she returns home in shame. Tess later falls in love with the kind Angel Clare but is forced to make a difficult decision: to tell him the truth of her past and face the consequences, or to remain silent. The book was controversial when first published and deemed “socially unacceptable” by some as Hardy’s uniquely feminist portrayal of Tess challenged the sexual morals of the time.

The Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1928 : Compiled Largely from Contemporary Notes, and Biographical Memoranda, as Well as from Oral Information in Conversations Extending Over Many Years

The Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1928 : Compiled Largely from Contemporary Notes, and Biographical Memoranda, as Well as from Oral Information in Conversations Extending Over Many Years PDF Author: Florence Emily Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy

Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy PDF Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243683826
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy PDF Author: Nicola Barber
Publisher: Evans Brothers
ISBN: 9780237521172
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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This volume is part of the Writers in Britain series which introduces children to great literary figures. This volume examines the life of Thomas Hardy and how the change from the 19th to the 20th century influenced him and his writing.