Thomas Hardy Collection novels

Format Paperback | 592 pages
Dimensions 216 x 279 x 30mm | 1,352g
Publication date 09 Jul 2014

Thomas Hardy, (1840 – 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society. He gained fame as the author of novels, including Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) and Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891) In this book: Tess of the d’Urbervilles, A Pure Woman, Far from the Madding Crowd, Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge In this book: Tess of the d’Urbervilles, A Pure Woman Far from the Madding Crowd Return of the Native The Mayor of Casterbridge