Thomas Hardy was a British novelist, short story writer, and poet of the Naturalist movement. Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, with whose scenery he has made his readers familiar; bred an architect; first earned popularity in 1874 by his "Far from the Madding Crowd," which was followed by, among others, "The Return of the Native," "The Woodlanders," and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," the last in 1892, books which require to be read in order to appreciate the genius of the author; b. 1840.
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The fundamental error of their matrimonial union that of having based a permanent contract on a temporary feeling. Go to Quote / Comment
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because m... Go to Quote / Comment
'Justice' was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d'Urberville knights and ... Go to Quote / Comment
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. Go to Quote / Comment
If a way to the better there be, it lies in taking a full look at the worst. Go to Quote / Comment