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This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)--the first for nearly thirty years. The edition presents…
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Margaret Elvy
SEXING HARDY: THOMAS HARDY AND FEMINISM By Margaret Levy There are surprisingly few feminist analyses of the work of British novelist Thomas Hardy, and most do not get beyond vague…
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There are surprisingly few feminist analyses of Hardy, and most do not get beyond vague notions of sexism and misogynism, in the Kate Millett manner. Elvy’s book, however, uses up-to-date…
Andrew Norman
In many of his poems, the great Dorset poet and novelist Thomas Hardy referred to a certain romantic courtship, a marriage which became progressively more problematical, and finally to a…
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Thomas Hardy
This work comprises a collection of the poetic works of Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s poetry spanned over 50 years from the last half of the 19th century to the period after…
Richard H Taylor
"Moment of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses" by Thomas Hardy is an affirmative and introspective anthology likely featuring a diverse selection of poems reflecting the poet's keen observations on life, love…
A stunning clothbound edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge, a haunting study of guilt and lost love.
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"Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses" by Thomas Hardy is a collection of poems that showcases the renowned English author's poetic prowess. In this anthology, Hardy explores a diverse range of…
"Time's Laughingstocks" is a poem by Thomas Hardy that explores the themes of time, love, and the inexorable march of life. Hardy, known for his poignant and reflective poetry, uses…
"Wessex Poems and Other Verses" is a collection of poetry by the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. Published in 1898, the collection features a selection of Hardy's poems that…
"Satires of Circumstance: Lyrics & Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces" by Thomas Hardy is a poetic collection that unveils the Victorian novelist's lyrical prowess and his contemplative exploration of the human…
"Poems of the Past and the Present" by Thomas Hardy is an affirmative and introspective collection that unveils the poetic genius of the renowned English novelist and poet. Hardy, known…
"Desperate Remedies" is one of Thomas Hardy's first works. The book belongs to the sensation novel genre, which gained popularity in the Victorian era and included dramatic and suspenseful plotlines…
‘A tale of true tragedy - a man of potential brought down by his own fatal flaw - wonderfully vivid and strong’ Joanna Trollope The Mayor of Casterbridge is a…
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A collectible Penguin Classics series: beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets.
"Far from the Madding Crowd" is a novel written by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1874. Set in rural England, the story follows the life of Bathsheba Everdene, a headstrong…
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Time's Laughingstocks, And Other Verses, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made…
The Mayor of Casterbridge explores themes of fate, guilt, and the relentless pursuit of redemption. The novel follows Henchard's rise and fall, beginning with his impulsive decision to sell his…
This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women.
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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…
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The Return of the Native, set in the stark, enthralling landscape of Egdon Heath, focuses on the lives and destinies intertwined within this rural setting. Their stories are marked by…
Thomas Hardy Leahey
This fully updated 9th edition places social, economic and political forces of change alongside psychology's internal theoretical and empirical arguments. It utilises a critical lens to illuminate the way in…
Thomas John Hardy
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
A very early novel by Thomas Hardy - beautifully written but obviously written when he was a young man who was curious about why women fall in love and why…
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When country-girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school she feels she has risen above her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Though marriage had been discussed between her…
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In drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby at a country fair. Over the following years, he establishes himself as a pillar of society but his shameful secret…
Moving to Christminster to work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking New Woman . Refusing to marry merely for…
Dilek Bulut Sarikaya
This book investigates the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Plath under the theoretical guidance of critical plant studies to disclose these two poets' botanical awareness of the vegetal agency…
Helen Garwood
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Henry Charles Duffin
Annie Macdonell
Thomas Hardy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and…
Lascelles Abercrombie
Critics from Canada, Japan, the USA and the UK, offer readings of Thomas Hardy’s works. They also study Hardy’s attitude to his art, his relation to such contemporary forms as…
Julian Wolfreys
No other major author of the nineteenth century has arguably produced as much critical activity as Thomas Hardy. This timely addition to the Critical Issues series explores the various philosophical…
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Peter Widdowson
Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy seems to speak to us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. The essay in this work provides a sketch of Hardy criticism…
Claire Tomalin
In this seminal biography of the enigmatic novelist and poet Thomas Hardy ( Tess of the d'Urbervilles ), Whitbread Award winner Tomalin skillfully identifies the inner demons and the outer…
