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A Pair of Blue Eyes, though early in the sequence of Hardy's novels, is lively and gripping. Its dramatic cliff-hanging episode, for example, is at once tense, ironic, feministic and erotic. With settings in Wessex and London, the novel al

The Well-Beloved completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create

The young Thomas Hardy, working as an architect, but fired with literary ambition, tried for years to get into print. He finally succeeded with Desperate Remedies, a 'sensation novel' in the mode of Wilkie Collins. Here was a racy specimen

Far From the Maddening Crowd, by Thomas Hardy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages

A portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and irony.

Znana brytyjska powieść o sile miłości i namiętności, na której podstawie powstał wzruszający film z Carey Mulligan i Tomem Sturridge’em. Prowincja dziewiętnastowiecznej Anglii. Betsaba Everdene dziedziczy po wuju farmę. Postanawia sama zaj

Jedna ze stu najważniejszych książek wszechczasów! Szalone kontrowersje, jakie wzbudziła książka Thomasa Hardy’ego, Tessa D’Urberville, ukazując otwarty portret seksualnej hipokryzji społeczeństwa epoki wiktoriańskiej, tylko przyczyniły się

With an Introduction, Bibliography and Glossary by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature University of Kent at Canterbury. Thomas Hardy started composing poetry in the heyday of Tennyson and Browning. He was still writing with uni