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One of the most renowned poets and novelists in English literary history, Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in the English village of Higher Bockhampton in the county of Dorset. He died in 1928 at Max Gate, a house he built for himself and his first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford, in Dorchester, a few miles from his birthplace.
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. [1] .
Mar 11, 2024 · Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex, his name for the counties of southwestern England. His most notable novels include Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Ubervilles, and Jude the Obscure.
Mar 8, 2016 · Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is acclaimed worldwide as one of the best Victorian novelists, but his poetry is often eclipsed by his achievement in the realm of fiction. Still, of the hundreds of poems that comprise Hardy’s Collected Poems, there are a few favourites that are much-loved and widely anthologised. Here’s our pick of the ten best ...
Poems by Thomas Hardy. Here you can download copies of all of Hardy's 947 poems. Some of Hardy's best known poetry: 001 Domicilium 24 kb. 119 The Darkling Thrush 24.5 kb. 248 The Convergence of the Twain 22 kb. 261 Wessex Heights 23 kb.
Thomas Hardy - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Thomas Hardy, whose books include Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, was one of the most influential novelists and poets of England’s Victorian era.
And There Was a Great Calm. By Thomas Hardy. (On the Signing of the Armistice, 11 Nov. 1918) I. There had been years of Passion—scorching, cold, And much Despair, and Anger heaving high, Care whitely watching, Sorrows manifold, Among the young, among the weak and old, And the pensive Spirit of Pity whispered, “Why?”.
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