Thomas Hardy

1,314 books • 122 series

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.
1 Jun 2008
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The Well-Beloved

Dec 1, 1952
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Our Exploits at West Poley (Oxford Paperbacks) (Oxford Illustrated Classics)

1 Nov 2010
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The Hand of Ethelberta (Thomas Harddy Collection, #13)

26 Apr 1990
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A Laodicean

26 Oct 2007
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Desperate Remedies (Immortal Classics) (The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy)

28 Aug 2019
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A Changed Man and Other Tales

15 Jun 2018
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Jude the Obscure (Shooting Scripts) (Penguin audiobooks) (Everyman Classics) (Thomas Hardy Studies) (Penguin Readers: Level 5)

Sep 2004
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Selected Poems (Collector's Poetry Library) (Poetry Classics) (Landscape Poets S.) (Golden Treasury S.) (New English Classics S.) (Oxford Student Texts) (British Poets)

12 May 1978
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Under the Greenwood Tree (Victorian, #127) (Penguin Readers: Level 2) (The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy) (Pattern Readers)

5 Sep 2019
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The Mayor of Casterbridge (Airmont Classic Series; Cl63) (Broadview Literary Texts) (Transaction Large Print S.) (Oxford World's Classics (Hardcover), #19) (Graphic Novels S.) (Hardy New Wessex Editions, #1) ("Read Along" S.) (Audio Education Study Guides) (Classic English Literature)

Dec 1958
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The Woodlanders (Victorian, #151) (Hardy New Wessex Editions, #1) (Cover to Cover) (The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy) (Classic Books) (Immortal Classics)

Dec 1930
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Collected Poems

7 Nov 2018
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The Trumpet-Major (Classic Books, #69) (Hardy New Wessex Editions, #1) (Clear Type Classics S.) (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)) (Bibliobazaar Reproduction)

Nov 1, 1891
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A Pure Woman

Jan 1, 1888
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Wessex Tales .. (Immortal Classics) (New Wessex e.) (Classic Thomas Hardy)

Apr 1, 1883
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Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid

Dec 2, 1878
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Return of the Native (Twayne's Masterworks Studies) (Thomas Hardy Studies) (Immortal Classic) (Cover to Cover) (The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy)

Apr 4, 1874
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Far from the Madding Crowd