Thomas Hardy
2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928
3,787 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement, although in several poems he displays elements of the previous romantic and enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.
While he regarded himself primarily as a poet who composed novels mainly for financial gain, during his lifetime he was much better known for his novels, such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, which earned him a reputation as a great novelist. The bulk of his fictional works, initially published as serials in magazines, were set in the semi-fictional land of Wessex (based on the Dorchester region where he grew up) and explored tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances.
Also published as: HARDY, THOMAS, 1840-1928., Thomas HARDY, Hardy, Thomas, Hardy, Defendant, Thomas, Thomas, Hardy,, Thomas Thomas Hardy
Most-read books
Far from the Madding Crowd
3.7 · 1874 · 337 want to read
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
4.1 · 1707 · 161 want to read
The Return of the Native
4 · 1878 · 129 want to read
Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire
3.5 · 1872 · 111 want to read
Jude the Obscure
3.9 · 1895 · 89 want to read
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
4 · 1992 · 89 want to read
The Woodlanders
3.8 · 1800 · 82 want to read
Moments of vision
1889 · 61 want to read
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
1998 · 48 want to read
A Pair of Blue Eyes
4 · 1800 · 36 want to read
The Mayor of Casterbridge
4.8 · 1800 · 25 want to read
The well-beloved
4 · 1897 · 28 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
1989 · 28 want to read
Two on a tower
2.7 · 1800 · 21 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
3 · 2002 · 16 want to read
The Evil Image
1981 · 19 want to read
Desperate Remedies
4 · 1800 · 14 want to read
The best horror stories
1990 · 15 want to read
The Trumpet-Major, and Robert His Brother
1880 · 13 want to read
The hand of Ethelberta
3.7 · 1876 · 12 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level
2002 · 13 want to read
The Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century
2 · 1988 · 12 want to read
Life's little ironies
3.5 · 1894 · 10 want to read
Dracula's guest, and other weird stories
4 · 1914 · 7 want to read