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The Trumpet-Major
The Trumpet-Major – Thomas Hardy The reader of Mr. Hardy’s novel, „The Trumpet Major,“ will at once ask himself, „Is not this author making a brave struggle against the scepticism, the pessimism that have been assailing him? Will not the optimism of the poet and idealist finally conquer the pessimism of the realist?“ If Mr. […]
A Pair Of Blue Eyes
A Pair Of Blue Eyes – Thomas Hardy „A Pair of Blue Eyes,“ Mr. Hardy’s third novel, gives the heart history of a rather susceptible but very charming young lady, Miss Elfride Swancourt, who, by the way, is said to be unpopular with her own sex. It has at least one strong character, Henry Knight, […]
The Woodlanders
The Woodlanders – Thomas Hardy In „The Woodlanders“ we have the intimate sense of the mystery and the passion of nature; again we have the wonderful power of describing rural characters; again we have the closely knit and powerful action; we even have glimpses of the old humor. Still there is an indefinable something that […]
Under The Greenwood Tree
Under The Greenwood Tree – Thomas Hardy „Under the Greenwood Tree“ is a year-long rural idyl. The nine chapters of the first part entitled „Winter,“ are taken up with a wonderfully humorous description of the old-fashioned wind-instrument choir of the parish of Mellstock trudging around on Christmas night to serenade every dweller in the parish, […]
The Return Of The Native
The Return Of The Native – Thomas Hardy Some regard this book as Hardy’s masterpiece. Here again we have a rural setting and a powerful and moving plot. The characters, too, are striking and well drawn, and one of them, Clym Yeobright, the hero, just misses greatness. Unlike Mr. Hardy’s previous works, it is predominantly […]
Far From The Madding Crowd
Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy „Far from the Madding Crowd“ has its inferior only to „Tess of the D’Urbervilles.“ It combines all the charm of „Under the Greenwood Tree“ with more than the power and interest of „Desperate Remedies.“ It is the first work to prove that Mr. Hardy possesses the power […]
Jude The Obscure
Jude The Obscure – Thomas Hardy Like “ Tess of the D’Urbervilles,“ the story of „Jude the Obscure“ is a manifestation of the author’s later manner—a manner which is a natural and almost inevitable development in a writer who possesses Mr. Hardy’s extraordinary capacity for observation, profound knowledge of human nature, and philosophical ideas concerning […]
The Mayor Of Casterbridge
The Mayor Of Casterbridge – Thomas Hardy In the setting of this story we recognize much of our author’s old power. The quiet rural town is set as distinctly before us as Cranford is. But the people to whom Mr. Hardy introduces us upon its streets are not the people Mrs. Gaskell makes us know […]
Tess Of The D’Urbervilles
Tess Of The D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy This book has made Mr. Hardy one of the most prominent English novelist. The power and the movement of the story are so great that it is only when we read a review of it that we are conscious that its author had any purpose save that which […]
The Short Stories, Volume 2
The Short Stories, Volume 2 – Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet and a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot. His novels and his short storiies were widely influenced by Romanticism. This edition, here volume two out of two, includes his best short stories as well as a detailed […]