HARDY, Thomas
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...
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Wessex tale of Henchard, the hay seller, who inadvertently sells his wife and child to a sailor at a fair while totally drunk. Once he sobers up and realises his folly, he vows to abstain from alcohol...