Wessex Tales

Overview

"Wessex Tales" reflects the brilliant imagination of Thomas Hardy and his ability to mingle the reality with fiction. Based on factual studies, the narratives surround the life, culture and ways of people who inhabited Wessex before Hardy. An engrossing account that captivates with its subtle humour.

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Bio of Thomas Hardy

(1840 AD - 1928 ) A distinguished novelist and poet, Hardy is one of the central figures in English literature. His father was a master mason. His schooling was in Dorchester. He trained as an architect and began to practice in 1867. He won prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Association. But soon he became disillusioned and sought another medium for expression. He started to write poems which idealized the rural life. But he could not find a publisher for his poetry. Then he wrote his first novel The Poor Man and the Lady (1867) but it was also rejected. His two novels Desperate Remedies (1871), and Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) were published anonymously. His dazzling literary career started with the publication of A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873). His major works are The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), The Woodlanders (1887), Wessex Tales (1888), and Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). Hardy's work reflects his pessimism and sense of tragedy in human life. He wrote forceful studies of life in which his characters are continually defeated in their struggle against their physical and social environment, against their own impulses, and against the malevolent caprices of chance. In 1898, Hardy published his first volume of poetry Wessex Poems. Then Poems of the Past and Present (1901), The Dynasts (1904), Satires of Circumstance (1914), Collected Poems (1919), Late Lyrics and Earlier (1922), and Human Shows (1925) were published.

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ReadHowYouWant

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649.36 KB

Number of Pages

384

eBook ISBN

9781442943001