Far From the Madding Crowd
This is one of the Wessex tales centring on the romantic dalliances of four people. The shepherd Gabriel Oak is generous in his love, Bathsheba Everdene is innocent in his young love, and the other two...
HARDY, Thomas
The Return of the Native
Damon Wildeve is the publican at Egdon Heath, a former engineer wanting the quiet life. He tries to decide between two women for his love and eventually marries Thomasin. Eustasia, the other, hopes to be...
Under the Greenwood Tree
Dick Dewy is in love with the schoolmistress Fanny Day, but she has two other suitors - the vicar and a farmer. She chooses Dick and this is the story of the development of their love within a small village...
Tess d'Urberville
Tess Durbeyfield is the daughter of a poor villager who suddenly learns that he is a descendant of the ancient d'Urberville family. The rich Alec d'Urberville seduces Tess and it is doubtful if he...
Edited by Harry Thomas
Hardy is a major English poet of the Victorian era. He is an unusual poet - often graceless and awkward, but intense and passionate, with some powerful images. Quite a number of the poems are sceptical and...