The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

The Mayor of Casterbridge is a man haunted by his past. In his youth he betrayed his wife and baby daughter in a shocking incident that led him to swear never to touch alcohol again for 21 years. He has since risen from his humble origins to become a respected pillar of the community in

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

Set against the backdrop of peaceful south-west England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, The Mayor of Casterbridge captures the author's unique genius for depicting the absurdity underlying much of the sorrow and humor in our lives.Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

It has been collated with the Mellstock Edition of 1920, for which Hardy submitted final corrections. 'Backgrounds and Contexts' provides new and invaluable source material on Victorian Dorset and, in particular, Dorchester, Hardy's native home and the town upon which Casterbridge is based

Thomas Hardy Boxed Set - Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude (Hardy Thomas)(Mixed media product)

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

A haunting study of guilt and lost love 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, he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but

Level 5: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

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? And what will happen when she finds

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

Thomas Hardy's haunting study of guilt and lost love, now in a beautiful new hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith 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, he manages to

Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Hardy abandoned the novel form at the turn of the century, probably after public reaction to Jude the Obscure, but continued to write verse displaying a wide variety of metrical styles and stanza forms and a broad scope of tone and attitude. This definitive volume contains selections from

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Selected Poetry (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Hardy is among the best-loved of the great English poets, perhaps drawing his great popularity from the elegaic tone of much of his finest verse and the universality of his subject matter: birth, childhood, love, marriage, age, and death. Those elegies inspired by the death of his first wife

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

'Thomas Hardy's thrilling story of seduction, murder, cruelty and betrayal' The TimesTess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich 'relatives', the

Poems of Thomas Hardy: A New Selection (Hardy Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books

Wessex Tales (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

In this, his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs, and lore of a Wessex that was rapidly passing out of memory. But these tales also portray the social and economic stresses of 1880s Dorset, and reveal Hardy's growing scepticism about

Thomas Hardy (Hardy Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the

Tess of the d'Ubervilles (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

After an accident, Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of impoverished peasants, decides to call on the aristocratic d'Urbervilles, as she believes that she is also descended from their ancient Norman lineage and that they can rescue her family from indigence. Unfortunately she is taken under the wing

Far from the Madding Crowd (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Hardy's impassioned novel of courtship in rural life In Thomas Hardy's first major literary success, 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

Thomas Hardy's Dorset Through Time (Wallis Steve)(Paperback)

Thomas Hardy celebrated the glorious county of Dorset through his writings. Today our vision of Dorset is very much that fixed by Hardy in novels ranging from Far From the Madding Crowd and The Mayor of Casterbridge to Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. Hurriedly produced in

Hardy, Conrad and the Senses (Epstein Hugh)(Paperback)

Explores 'scenic realism' in the major novels of Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad Offers the first book-length study of connections between these two major authors bringing new approaches to bear on often-taught works Provides an understanding of impressionist styles of writing that is drawn from

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

A heartbreaking portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness 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

Selected Poems (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Although best remembered for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction for a living. This selection of nearly two hundred poems includes pieces, such as 'During Wind and Rain', 'Channel Firing', 'Afterwards', 'The Darkling Thrush', 'The Oxen', 'To

Return of the Native (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

With an Introduction and Notes by Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury. The Return of the Native is widely recognised as the most representative of Hardy's Wessex novels. He evokes the dismal presence and menacing beauty of Egdon Heath - reaching out to touch the lives and fate of all

Precious Bane (Webb Mary)(Paperback)

A bold reissue of a stunning novel in the tradition of Thomas Hardy and the Brontes - and a perennial favourite on the Virago Modern Classics

Far from the Madding Crowd (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback / softback)