Poems

Poems PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Everyman Chess

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781857157178

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Distringuished as both a great novelist and a great poet. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) had a writing career which spanned more than sixty years, concentrating first on prose and then, after publishing his last novel in 1895, on verse. A master of the short lyric and the vivid narrative, Hardy is pre-eminently the poet of remembrance and tender regret for lost happiness; but he is also an ironist whose exquisite descriptions of rural life are the setting for bitingly sharp observations of human frailty.

A Pair of Blue Eyes

A Pair of Blue Eyes PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Standard Ebooks

Published: 2023-05-22T17:47:46Z

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13:

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Young Elfride falls in love for the first time with an architect who is sent to make plans to renovate the local church. She supposes Stephen to be a professional man from London, but finds he comes from more humble origins. Stephen must go away and make something of himself before he can claim her. Circumstances change in his absence, and Elfride must decide if she will keep her pledge to marry Stephen. A Pair of Blue Eyes is Thomas Hardy’s third novel, and the first one to bear his real name when it was first published. The novel was first published as a serial, and the “cliffhanger” is supposed to have been named after a scene in which a character is left hanging over the edge of a cliff—while readers are left waiting for the next chapter to be serialized. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

A Mere Interlude

A Mere Interlude PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-06-03

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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This love story is told from the point of view of the heroine, Baptista. She has loved and lost before but has now decided to marry the neighbour of her mother. On her way home her plans are torn asunder.