Thomas Hardy saw himself, first and foremost, as a poet, and he wrote poetry throughout his prolific and acclaimed novel-writing years before announcing in 1896 that he would no longer write novels, much to the astonishment of his worldwide readership... Zobraziť viac
Hardy tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a beautiful young woman living with her impoverished family in Wessex, the southwestern English county immortalized by Hardy. After the family learns of their connection to the wealthy d'Urbervilles, they s... Zobraziť viac
In rural Victorian England, the willful Bathsheba Everdene is courted by three men: her repressed neighbor, a devoted shepherd, and a thriftless soldier. They cross and clash again and again in tragedy, grief, betrayal, misguided affections, and the... Zobraziť viac
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Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest... Zobraziť viac
Michael Henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. Twenty years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wife to a sailor. Now she is looking for him again. Why? ... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles and... Zobraziť viac
From the author of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Under the Greenwood Tree is a tale of love, tragedy and the changing charm of traditional village life when it is met with the cold reality of modernity... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British EnglishGabriel Oak is an honest, hard-working young farmer, who falls in love with the beautiful and independent Bathsheba Everdene. After a tragic accident, Gabriel loses his farm. Bathsheba, on the other hand, becomes rich. Is there an Zobraziť viac
Into his story of a simple but beatiful country girls seduction by another man which causes her husband to leave her on their wedding night and thereby precipitates a course of events that ends in murder, Hardy wove a luminous tenderness and longing. Zobraziť viac
In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, ... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions.: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Michael Irwin,... Zobraziť viac
'As you got older, ... you were seized with a sort of shuddering, he perceived. All around you there seemed to be something glaring, garish, rattling, and the noises and glares hit upon the little cell called your life, and shook it, and scorched it. Zobraziť viac
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems ... Zobraziť viac
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, ... Zobraziť viac
