Thomas Hardy: 431 books

Many of Thomas Hardy's best-known works of fiction were set in the Dorset region, which he called "Wessex." Many of these poems, written over a period of 30 years, are also set in and deeply influenced by the Wessex landscape. Although Hardy considered himself to be more a poet than a novelist, this was his first published collection of verse.

The darkly passionate short stories of Thomas Hardy are compelling explorations of love, social class, superstition and legend. This collection contains many of his finest and most representative, and includes 'The Withered Arm', an eerie depiction of arcane witchcraft in nineteenth-century England;...

The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) is a tragic novel by English author Thomas Hardy subtitled, "The Life and Death of a Man of Character". It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge (based on the town of Dorchester in Dorset). The book is one of Hardy's Wessex novels, all set in a fictional...

«Far from the Madding Crowd» is a novel by 19th century English novelist Thomas Hardy, published in 1874. It is author’s fourth novel and his first major literary success. The title is apt, as the life of the book’s heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, living in the quiet rural village of...

Now a major motion picture! The tale of a passionate, independent woman and her three suitors, Far from the Madding Crowd tells the story of Bathsheba Everdene and her relationships with the devoted Gabriel Oak, the dashing Sergeant Troy, and the reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr. Boldwood. Through her...

"O delivery my heart from this fearful gloom and loneliness," prays the passionate Eustacia Vye, who detests her life amid the dreary environs of Egdon Heath. With the return of Clym Yeobright from Paris, her escape for the heath and its brooding isolation appears to be at hand. Clym finds in Eustacia...

A cruel joke at a country fair goes too far when a drunken laborer auctions off his wife and child to the highest bidder. So begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy's gripping tale of a man's rise and fall amid the natural beauty and human brutality of a rural English community.First published...

Includes Hardy's Apology, " ... his most significant and extended utterance on poetry and criticism, ... "--R. L. Purdy. Thomas Hardy: a bibliographical study

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 11 January 1928) was a writer and poet born in Dorchester, England. Hardys poetry dealt mainly with the naturalism movement. Hardy considered himself a poet first, but his most famous works were his novels, particularly Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was one of the most famous authors of the Victorian Era.  Hardy is best known for novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d’Urbervilles but he also was a very influential poet.  This edition of The Well-Beloved includes a table of contents.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was one of the most famous authors of the Victorian Era.  Hardy is best known for novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d’Urbervilles but he also was a very influential poet.  This edition of A Laodicean: A Story of To-Day includes a table of contents.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, also known as Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Tess of the d'Urbervilles or just Tess, is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic...

A Laodicean is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1881. Set in the more technologically advanced contemporaneous age, the plot exhibits devices uncommon for Hardy, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was one of the most famous authors of the Victorian Era.  Hardy is best known for novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d’Urbervilles but he also was a very influential poet.  This edition of A Group of Noble Dames includes a table of contents.