Thomas Hardy Books


Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The ..

Far From the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

A great tale of romance, intrigue, and the power of abiding love. Well written, lots of description, well-designed characters and plot-line. A romance full of heartache, learned lessons, dreams and di..

Under the Greenwood Tree

Thomas Hardy

Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1872. It was Hardy's second published novel, the last to be printed without his name..

The Mayor of Casterbridge

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The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character is an 1886 novel by the English author Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's Wessex novels, it is set in a fictional rural England with Caste..

Wessex Tales

Thomas Hardy

Wessex Tales is an 1888 collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840. The tales are below:An Imaginative WomanThe Three Str..

The Well-Beloved

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The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament is a novel by Thomas Hardy, serialized in 1892, and published as a book in 1897. The main setting of the novel, the Isle of Slingers, is based on the Isle o..

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895. It is Hardy's last completed novel. Its protagonist, Jude F..

Two on a Tower

Thomas Hardy

Two on a Tower is a novel by English author Thomas Hardy, classified by him as a romance and fantasy and now regarded as one of his minor works. The book is one of Hardy's Wessex novels, set in a para..