Thomas Hardy (1) (1840–1928)
Autore di Tess dei d'Urberville
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Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Higher Bockhampton, England. The eldest child of Thomas and Jemima, Hardy studied Latin, French, and architecture in school. He also became an avid reader. Upon graduation, Hardy traveled to London to work as an architect's assistant under the guidance of mostra altro Arthur Bloomfield. He also began writing poetry. How I Built Myself a House, Hardy's first professional article, was published in 1865. Two years later, while still working in the architecture field, Hardy wrote the unpublished novel The Poor Man and the Lady. During the next five years, Hardy penned Desperate Remedies, Under the Greenwood Tree, and A Pair of Blue Eyes. In 1873, Hardy decided it was time to relinquish his architecture career and concentrate on writing full-time. In September 1874, his first book as a full-time author, Far from the Madding Crowd, appeared serially. After publishing more than two dozen novels, one of the last being Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Hardy returned to writing poetry--his first love. Hardy's volumes of poetry include Poems of the Past and Present, The Dynasts: Part One, Two, and Three, Time's Laughingstocks, and The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. From 1833 until his death, Hardy lived in Dorchester, England. His house, Max Gate, was designed by Hardy, who also supervised its construction. Hardy died on January 11, 1928. His ashes are buried in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d’Urbervilles: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History,… (1891) 72 copie
The Works of Thomas Hardy: With an Introduction and Bibliography (Wordsworth Collection) (1994) 56 copie
Far From the Madding Crowd / Jude the Obscure / The Mayor of Casterbridge / The Return of the Native / Tess of the… (2006) 48 copie
Thomas Hardy: The Complete Novels - Far From The Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge,… (2017) 37 copie
Works of Thomas Hardy: Mayor of Casterbridge, Return of the Native (Leatherbound Classics Series) (1990) 31 copie
The Collected Novels: Volume II (Modern Library: Jude the Obscure ∙ Tess of the D'Urbervilles) (1994) 30 copie
A changed man : The waiting supper and other tales : concluding with The romantic adventures of a milk maid (1913) 29 copie
The Collected Novels: Volume I (Modern Library: Far from the Madding Crowd ∙ The Return of the Native ∙ The Mayor… (1994) 26 copie
[unidentified works] 26 copie
Far from the Madding Crowd / The Mayor of Casterbridge / The Return of the Native / Tess of the D'Urbervilles / The… (1991) 21 copie
Il violinista delle danze scozzesi 18 copie
Far from the Madding Crowd / The Mayor of Casterbridge / Tess of the d'Urbervilles / Wessex Tales / The Woodlanders… (1978) 16 copie
Far from the Madding Crowd / Jude the Obscure / The Mayor of Casterbridge / The Return of the Native / Tess of the… (1991) 11 copie
Far From the Madding Crowd / The Return of the Native / Tess of the D'Urbervilles (3 novels) (1961) 9 copie
An triuir choigreach : 8 copie
Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy (Delphi Classics) (Delphi Poets Series Book 3) (2012) 6 copie
Under the Greenwood Tree: Our Exploits at West Poley and Humorous Stories (Everyman's Library) (1996) 6 copie
SELECTED POEMS OF THOMAS HARDY 5 copie
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles. Edited by William E. Buckler Riverside Editions B 47 (1960) — Autore — 5 copie
The Thomas Hardy Collection (14 Novels, 3 Short Story Collections, and 3 Collections of Poetry all with active Table of… (2011) 4 copie
The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy: Volume 2: Satires of Circumstance, Moments of Vision, and Late Lyrics and… (1984) 4 copie
Thomas Hardy: 25 Novels - Far From The Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the… (2015) 4 copie
A Tragedy of Two Ambitions 4 copie
Thomas Hardy Six Pack - Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, A Pair of Blue Eyes, Tess of the… (2016) 4 copie
The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy: Volume 1: Wessex Poems, Poems of the Past and the Present, Time's… (1983) 4 copie
The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, Anniversary Edition, in Twenty-one Volumes (2010) 4 copie
Schabernack des Schicksals 3 copie
Il meglio di Thomas Hardy 3 copie
The Superstitious Man's Story 2 copie
The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy: Volume 3: Human Shows, Winter Words, and Uncollected Poems (1985) 2 copie
The Grave by the Handpost 2 copie
Alicia's Diary 2 copie
Treasury of World Masterpieces Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles; the Mayor of Casterbridge, and Far From the… (1982) 2 copie
A Few Crusted Characters 2 copie
TESS OF THE d'URBERVILLES by HARDY READER'S DIGEST WORLD'S BEST READING (1985) (1777) — Autore — 2 copie
Reading & Training : Thomas Hardy : Far from the madding crowd [book + sound recording] (2017) — Writer — 2 copie
Reading & Training : Thomas Hardy : Tess of the D'Urbervilles [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 2 copie
To Please His Wife 2 copie
Channel Firing 2 copie
The Convergence of the Twain 2 copie
Montezuma smaragd : Rudyard Kipling, Jules Verne, August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlöf, [Thomas Hardy, Rodrigues… (2005) 2 copie
Complete Works, Vol. II 1 copia
(all) 1 copia
Lesáci 1 copia
Complete Novels 1 copia
The Great Novels od Thomas Hardy 1 copia
UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE Level 2 1 copia
Scenes from the Dynasts 1 copia
Wessex Past And Present Poems 1 copia
Thomas Hardy: Poems Selected by Tom Paulin (Poet to Poet) by Thomas Hardy (2005-04-07) (1800) 1 copia
World's most beautiful poetry (new bilingual edition) - Ivy English book series(Chinese Edition) (2006) 1 copia
Thomas Hardy. Nouvelles choisies 1 copia
Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems 1 copia
Thomas Hardy - The Short Stories 1 copia
I Look Up From My Writing 1 copia
The Works: Thomas Hardy 1 copia
Tess av slekten d’Urberville 2 1 copia
Thomas Hardy`s Tess of the d`Urbervilles: Complete. Original and Unabridged Authritative Text with Selected Criticism… (2008) 1 copia
Under the Greenwood Tree, Vol. 2 of 2: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School (Classic Reprint) (2016) 1 copia
Tess av slekten d’Urberville 1 1 copia
Misterios de Wessex / 1 copia
Collected poems of Thomas Hardy 1 copia
The Collected Works of Thomas Hardy: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (2015) 1 copia
The Impercipient 1 copia
The Dynasts Parts I and II 1 copia
Christmas Poems 1 copia
Giuda l'Oscuro: Vol. 1 e 2 1 copia
Poesia do Século XX 1 copia
The Thomas Hardy Collection: Far from the Madding Crowd / The Mayor of Casterbridge / Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2010) — Autore — 1 copia
LUOLAN SALAISUUS 1 copia
The Mayor of Casterbridge, Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Plus Cliffs Notes on Mayor of… (1964) 1 copia
Heden (andra delen) 1 copia
Neutral Tones [poem] 1 copia
The Darkling Thrush {poem} 1 copia
Tess of the D'Urbervilles/Notes 1 copia
A Thomas Hardy songbook 1 copia
A defence of Jude the obscure 1 copia
Desperate Remedies / A Laodicean/ Two on a Tower / Wessex Tales (The Novels of Thomas Hardy) 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. I 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. III 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. IV 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. V 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. VI 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. VII 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. VIII 1 copia
Jude the Obscure / The Return of the Native / Tess of the d'Urbevilles / The Trumpet Major / Under the Greenwood Tree… (1991) 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. X 1 copia
Song of the soldiers 1 copia
The Ruined Maid 1 copia
During Wind and Rain 1 copia
Hap 1 copia
The Man He Killed {poem} 1 copia
Master John Horseleigh, Knight 1 copia
Hardy and Pound 1 copia
A Committee Man of "the Terror" 1 copia
What the Shephard Saw 1 copia
A Tryst at an Ancient Earthwork 1 copia
Literature Connections Sourcebook - Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Related Readings (2-70287) (1997) 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. IX 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. XI 1 copia
Far from the Madding Crowd - With Audio Level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library: 1800 Headwords (2014) 1 copia
Selected Works Of Thomas Hardy: Far From the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and… (2014) 1 copia
Collected Stories 1 copia
Poesie 1 copia
Poems: Thomas Hardy 1 copia
Complete Works, Vol. XII 1 copia
Lifes Little Ironies, A Changed Man, A Group of Nobele Dames (3 Volumes in Slipcase / Boxed Set) (1993) 1 copia
For conscience's Sake 1 copia
Thomas Hardy collection 1 copia
Three Novels (P) 1 copia
[Works] 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Collaboratore — 1,053 copie
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 923 copie
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Collaboratore — 250 copie
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Collaboratore — 133 copie
The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 119 copie
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Science Fiction (The Connoisseur's Collections) (2017) — Collaboratore — 61 copie
The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern (1993) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 4: The World Around Us (1968) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Kingfisher Christmas Book: A Collection of Stories, Poems and Carols for the Twelve Days of Christmas (1985) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
The Three Strangers and Other Stories (adapted ∙ Heinemann Guided Readers ∙ Intermediate Level) (1992) 15 copie
A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1974) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
10 Penguin Classics on 45 CDs (The Mayor of Casterbridge, Pride & Prejudice, Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Jane… (2007) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
La poesía inglesa románticos y victorianos — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Romance Classics: Jane Eyre / Mansfield Park / Lorna Doone / Far from the Madding Crowd / Middlemarch / Agnes Grey (1928) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Modern Short Stories — Collaboratore — 2 copie
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
One hundred best novels condensed: 3 of 4 see note: Adam Bede; Tess of the D'Urbervilles; Don Quixote; East Lynne;… — Collaboratore — 1 copia
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Collaboratore — 1 copia
A Caravan of Music Stories by the World's Great Authors — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1840-06-02
- Data di morte
- 1928-01-11
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
St. Michael's churchyard, Stinsford, Dorset, England, UK (heart) - Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Engeland, Groot-Brittannië
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Higher Bockhampton, Dorsetshire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- Pleurisy
- Luogo di residenza
- Higher Bockhampton, Dorsetshire, England, UK
St Juliot, Cornwall, England
London, England, UK
Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK - Istruzione
- King's College, London
- Attività lavorative
- architect
novelist
poet - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Merit (1910)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature - Breve biografia
- Thomas Hardy (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. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.
While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin.
Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in southwest and south central England. Two of his novels, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, were listed in the top 50 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
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- Opere correlate
- 123
- Utenti
- 76,669
- Popolarità
- #160
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 1,244
- ISBN
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- Lingue
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- Preferito da
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Tess è una vittima sacrificale della cultura dell'epoca ma anche dei personaggi che ruotano intorno alla sua vita. Prima tra tutte la madre, con un comportamento a dir poco vergognoso durante tutto il libro, sia quando la istiga ad andare a incontrare i parenti "storici", sia ogni volta quando Tess rientra a casa, non fa in tempo a salutarla che già le rinfaccia la sua delusione nei suoi confronti.
Poi incontra Alec, che abusa di lei, poi si pente ma per i propri comodi tornerà a mentire verso Tess. Poi entra in scena Angel, le pagine centrali, dove lui fa una corte serrata a Tess, sono bellissime, fin quando lei non cede e si sposano...Tess gli perdona un suo passato movimentato ma lui quando viene a conoscenza di quello di Tess è intransigente.
Angel, sembrava che amasse Tess sopra ogni cosa, ma ci mette ben poco per abbandonarla e fuggire in Brasile..E se tutto questo non bastasse chiede addirittura
a Izzy di accompagnarlo...Angel era solo innamorato dell'idea dell'amore, non capace ne di vivere l'amore ne di affrontare la realtà. Lascia Tess per più di un anno da sola a far fronte a tutte le problematiche dovute all'epoca e alla sua estrazione sociale. Torna solo quando sta male, quando contrae una grave malattia...
Mi sono anche a tratti arrabbiata con Tess, per non aver reagito ma probabilmente qui sbaglio io, dimenticandomi che stiamo parlando di un'altra epoca e di un'altra mentalità.
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