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Omnibus
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Thomas Hardy |
xii, 1116 [i.e. 1124] p. : 24 cm |
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Jude the Obscure
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Thomas Hardy |
Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor vill… |
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The Woodlanders
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Thomas Hardy |
When country-girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school she feels she has risen above her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Though marriage had been discussed between h… |
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The Return of the Native
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Thomas Hardy |
The native of the title is Clym Yeobright, who returns to the area from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy knows, all is not smooth. He is quickly taken by and marries the one wo… |
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Mayor of Casterbridge
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Thomas Hardy |
In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected… |
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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David C. Gild |
Hardy's story dramatizes the human condition as a struggle between powerful men and against fate. (Fate usually wins!) In this tale, violent natural and social forces toss the characters about like r… |
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Far from the madding crowd
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Clare West |
"Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own… |
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