1840-1928

Presents a brief biography of nineteenth-century English author Thomas Hardy, and features analyses of five novels, including "Far from the Madding Crowd," and "The Mayor of Casterbridge," each with a plot summary, list of characters, and a selection of critical views. Includes lists of works by and about Hardy.

A collection of eight critical essays on Hardy's novel "The Return of the Native" arranged in chronological order of publication.

Discusses the importance, historical context, and critical reception of Thomas Hardy's novel, Jude the Obscure.

Presents the annotated 1983 Clarendon edition of Thomas Hardy's nineteenth-century story of a young woman who finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England, and includes critical reviews and interpretations, seven poems by Hardy, and other reference materials.