(1840-1928) British writer. Thomas Hardy was one of the most famous novelists of the Victorian period, even though works like "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and "Jude the Obscure" were so controversial that he said he would never write another novel. Read more about the life and works of Thomas Hardy.
Thomas Hardy Birth:
Thomas Hardy was born on the Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester. The date of his birth was June 2, 1840. His father was a master mason and building contractor.
Thomas Hardy was born on the Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester. The date of his birth was June 2, 1840. His father was a master mason and building contractor.
Thomas Hardy Death:
Thomas Hardy died in Dorchester, Dorset, on January 11, 1928. His body was cremated in Dorchester, and then he was buried the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. According to popular legend, a cat made off with Hardy's heart, which was supposed to be buried in Stinsford, his birthplace.
Thomas Hardy died in Dorchester, Dorset, on January 11, 1928. His body was cremated in Dorchester, and then he was buried the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. According to popular legend, a cat made off with Hardy's heart, which was supposed to be buried in Stinsford, his birthplace.
Thomas Hardy Marriage:
Thomas Hardy married Emma Lavinia Gifford in 1874. Emma died in 1912. He would later write a poems, entitled "Veteris Vestigiae Flammae" ("Vestiges of an Old Flame") to her memory.
In 1914, Thomas Hardy married his secretary, Florence Emily Dugdale.
Thomas Hardy married Emma Lavinia Gifford in 1874. Emma died in 1912. He would later write a poems, entitled "Veteris Vestigiae Flammae" ("Vestiges of an Old Flame") to her memory.
In 1914, Thomas Hardy married his secretary, Florence Emily Dugdale.
Thomas Hardy Achievements:
Thomas Hardy started to write poems when he was 22. George Meredith advised him to write a novel. After his first novel, "The Poor Man and the Lady," was rejected, and he destroyed the manuscript. From there, he wrote "Far from the Maddening Crowd" (1874), which met with his first real success as a writer. He wrote "The Return of Native" (1878) and "The Mayor of Casterbridge."
Thomas Hardy started to write poems when he was 22. George Meredith advised him to write a novel. After his first novel, "The Poor Man and the Lady," was rejected, and he destroyed the manuscript. From there, he wrote "Far from the Maddening Crowd" (1874), which met with his first real success as a writer. He wrote "The Return of Native" (1878) and "The Mayor of Casterbridge."
Hardy has been regarded as a regional novelist, as he wrote about his imaginary Wessex, but he also stirred up controversy with "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and "Jude the Obscure." After the uproar over these novels, Hardy said he would never write another novel.
Thomas Hardy Selected Works:
Novels
Novels
- Desperate Remedies (1871)
- Under the Greenwood Tree (1872)
- A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873)
- Far From the Madding Crowd (1874)
- The Hand of Ethelberta (1876)
- The Return of the Native (1878)
- The Trumpet-Major (1880)
- A Laodicean (1881)
- Two on a Tower (1882)
- The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886)
- The Woodlanders (1887)
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891)
- Jude the Obscure (1895)
- The Well-Beloved (1897)
- Wessex Tales (1888)
- A Group of Noble Dames (1891)
- Life's Little Ironies (1894)
- Wessex Poems (poems) (1898)
- Poems of the Past and Present (poems) (1902)
- A Changed Man (1913)
- Satires of Circumstance: Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces (poems) (1914)
- Moments of Vision: And Miscellaneous Verses (poems) (1917)
- Late Lyrics and Earlier (poems) (1922)
- Winter Words (poems) (1928)
- Barbara of the House of Grebe (1890)
- The Vampirine Fair (1909)
- Absent-mindedness in a Parish Choir
- The Duke's Reappearance
- The Return of the Native (excerpt)
- Squire Petrick's Lady
- Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver
- The Withered Arm
