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
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. 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
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes Go to Quote / Comment
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened. Go to Quote / Comment