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1) Winter
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the final years of Thomas Hardy's life sees the premiere of the London theatre production of his acclaimed "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and his obsessive infatuation with the show's star revealed to his reclusive wife.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy about Bathsheba Everdene who is an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Presents the annotated text of "The Mayor of Casterbridge, " a novel about a man whose past misdeeds come back to haunt him after he rises to a position of wealth and power; and includes articles on backgrounds and contexts, as well as seventeen critical essays.
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
This handbook provides the background necessary for fully understanding the nearly one thousand poems of Hardy. As it treats the poems individually and often supplements the analysis of a poem by relating it to other poems and to passages in the fiction, every comment helps build a portrait of Hardy as a poet. Originally published in 1970.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available...
5) Thomas Hardy
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Whitbread Award winner Claire Tomalin's seminal biography of the enigmatic novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. Today Thomas Hardy is best known for creating the great Wessex landscape as the backdrop to his rural stories, starting with Far from the Madding Crowd, and making them classics. But his true legacy is that of a progressive thinker. When he published Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure late in his career, Hardy explored a very different...
Author
Publisher
Aardvark Bureau
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"1928. As Thomas Hardy lies on his death bed at his Dorset home, Max Gate, a tug-of-war is taking place over his legacy ... and the eventual fate of his mortal remains. What counts for more: the wishes of his family and dutiful second wife, Florence? the opinion of his literary friends? Hardy's own express desires? or 'the will of the nation'? Narrated with wit and brutal honesty by housemaid Nellie Titterington, Max Gate is both an entertaining insight...
7) Thomas Hardy
Author
Series
Publisher
Arco
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Description
Hardy wrote nearly a thousand poems, fourteen novels, four volumes of short stories, a play, a boys' adventure story, & a 500-page dramatic epic, so the author was selective.
12) Thomas Hardy
Language
English
Description
A collection of critical essays on Hardy, his novels, and poems with a chronology of events in the author's life.
15) Jude the obscure
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Jude Fawley is a poor stone carver who is tricked into a loveless marriage and ultimately forced to give up his dreams of a university education. After his wife deserts him, he begins a scandalous relationship with his cousin Sue Bridehead.
18) Thomas Hardy
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume NDP185
Publisher
[New Directions]
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
A guide to reading "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.