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Thomas HardyAn Introduction

Thomas HardyThomas HardyAn IntroductionAn Introduction

LifeLife TimeTime WorksWorks

LifeLife

BirthBirth EducationEducation CareerCareer MarriageMarriage AchievementsAchievements DeathDeath

BirthBirth

The Hardy Birthplace Marker

The marker is situated just behind the Higher

Bockhampton thatched cottage.

Photograph 2002 by Philip V. Allingham

Date of Birth: 2nd June 1840Date of Birth: 2nd June 1840Tuesday, 8.00amTuesday, 8.00amPlace of Birth: Stinsford, Place of Birth: Stinsford, Dorchester, Dorset, EnglandDorchester, Dorset, EnglandFather: ThomasFather: ThomasMother: JemimaMother: Jemima

EducationEducation

Mother educated him till Mother educated him till his age of eighthis age of eight

First school at First school at Bockhampton at age eightBockhampton at age eight

For several years he For several years he attended a school run by a attended a school run by a Mr LastMr Last

Learnt Latin and Greek Learnt Latin and Greek therethere

In 1862 enrolled at King’s In 1862 enrolled at King’s College, LondonCollege, London

CareerCareer ArchitectArchitect WriterWriter

ArchitectArchitect

Joined Hicks, an architect, as an apprenticeJoined Hicks, an architect, as an apprentice Won Prizes from Won Prizes from Royal Institute Of British Royal Institute Of British

ArchitectsArchitects and the and the Architectural Architectural AssociationAssociation

WriterWriter

The Poor Man and the Lady The Poor Man and the Lady his first novel his first novel turned down by publishersturned down by publishers

Desperate Remedies Desperate Remedies his first published his first published novelnovel

Wrote novels, short stories, poems and Wrote novels, short stories, poems and dramadrama

Stopped writing novels after the publication Stopped writing novels after the publication of of Jude the ObscureJude the Obscure

MarriageMarriage

Marries Emma Gifford in 1874Marries Emma Gifford in 1874 Emma dies in 1912Emma dies in 1912 Marries Florence Dugdale in 1914Marries Florence Dugdale in 1914

AchievementsAchievements

Becomes Grand Old Man of English LettersBecomes Grand Old Man of English Letters Won Order of MeritWon Order of Merit Won several degrees of honourWon several degrees of honour

DeathDeath

On 11On 11thth January 1928, Wednesday just after January 1928, Wednesday just after 9.00 p.m. he passed away9.00 p.m. he passed away

His heart was buried at StinsfordHis heart was buried at Stinsford His ashes were buried in Westminster His ashes were buried in Westminster

AbbeyAbbey

TimeTime

Victorian Age Victorian Age Victorian LiteratureVictorian Literature Victorian WritersVictorian Writers

Victorian AgeVictorian Age

Period between 1832 and 1901Period between 1832 and 1901 From the Passage of the First Reform Bill to From the Passage of the First Reform Bill to

the Death of Queen Victoriathe Death of Queen Victoria Early Victorian Age 1832-1848Early Victorian Age 1832-1848 Mid-Victorian Age 1848-1870Mid-Victorian Age 1848-1870 Late Victorian Age 1870-1901Late Victorian Age 1870-1901

Victorian LiteratureVictorian Literature

Victorian WritersVictorian Writers

PoetsPoets

TennysonTennyson Robert BrowningRobert Browning Elizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett Browning Christina RossettiChristina Rossetti Matthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold G. M. HopkinsG. M. Hopkins

Victorian WritersVictorian WritersEssayistsEssayists

Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle

John RuskinJohn Ruskin

ArnoldArnold

Walter PaterWalter Pater

Victorian WritersVictorian WritersNovelistsNovelists

Bronte SistersBronte Sisters Charles DickensCharles Dickens William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Elizabeth GaskellElizabeth Gaskell George Eliot George Eliot George MeredithGeorge Meredith Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope Thomas HardyThomas Hardy Samuel ButlerSamuel Butler

WorksWorks

List of WorksList of Works Philosophy of LifePhilosophy of Life Features of his worksFeatures of his works

List of WorksList of Works

NovelsNovels Short Story CollectionsShort Story Collections Poetry CollectionsPoetry Collections DramasDramas

NovelsNovels

The Poor Man and the Lady [1867 The Poor Man and the Lady [1867 Unpublished]Unpublished]

Desperate Remedies [1871]Desperate Remedies [1871] Under the Greenwood Tree [1872]Under the Greenwood Tree [1872] A Pair of Blue Eyes [1873]A Pair of Blue Eyes [1873]

NovelsNovels

Far From the Madding Crowd [1874]Far From the Madding Crowd [1874] The Hand of Ethelberta [1876]The Hand of Ethelberta [1876] The Return of the Native [1878]The Return of the Native [1878] The Trumpet-Major [1880]The Trumpet-Major [1880] A Laodicean [1881]A Laodicean [1881]

NovelsNovels

Two on a Tower [1882]Two on a Tower [1882] The Mayor of Casterbridge [1886]The Mayor of Casterbridge [1886] The Woodlanders [1887]The Woodlanders [1887] The Well-Beloved [1892 in serial form,1897 The Well-Beloved [1892 in serial form,1897

in book form]in book form] Jude the Obscure [1895]Jude the Obscure [1895]

Short Story CollectionsShort Story Collections

Wessex Tales [1888]Wessex Tales [1888] A Group of Noble Dames [1891]A Group of Noble Dames [1891] Life’s Little Ironies [1894]Life’s Little Ironies [1894]

Poetry CollectionsPoetry Collections

The Photograph [1890]The Photograph [1890] Wessex Poems and Other Wessex Poems and Other

Verses [1898]Verses [1898] Poems of the Past and Poems of the Past and

Present [1901]Present [1901] The Man He Killed [1902]The Man He Killed [1902] Times Laughing Stocks Times Laughing Stocks

and Other Verses [1909]and Other Verses [1909] The Voice [1912]The Voice [1912]

Poetry CollectionsPoetry Collections

Satires of Circumstance [1914]Satires of Circumstance [1914] Moments of Vision [1917]Moments of Vision [1917] Collected Poems [Collected Poems [ 1919]1919] Late Lyrics and Earlier with Late Lyrics and Earlier with

Many Other Verses [1922]Many Other Verses [1922] Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Human Shows, Far Phantasies,

Songs and Trifles [1925]Songs and Trifles [1925]

Poetry CollectionsPoetry Collections Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres

[1928][1928] The Complete Poems [1976]The Complete Poems [1976] Selected Poems[1993]Selected Poems[1993] Hardy: Poems [1995]Hardy: Poems [1995] Thomas Hardy: Selected Poetry and Thomas Hardy: Selected Poetry and

Nonfictional Prose [1996]Nonfictional Prose [1996] Selected Poems [1998]Selected Poems [1998] Thomas Hardy: The Complete Poems Thomas Hardy: The Complete Poems

[2001][2001]

DramasDramas The Dynasts Part 1[1904]The Dynasts Part 1[1904] The Dynasts Part 2 [1906]The Dynasts Part 2 [1906] The Dynasts Part 3 [1908]The Dynasts Part 3 [1908] The Famous Tragedy of The Famous Tragedy of

the Queen of Cornwall at the Queen of Cornwall at

Tintagel in Lyonnesse [1923]Tintagel in Lyonnesse [1923]

Philosophy of LifePhilosophy of Life

Pessimistic view of lifePessimistic view of life Life is to suffer at the hands of external Life is to suffer at the hands of external

forcesforces “…“…happiness was but the occasional happiness was but the occasional

episode in a general drama of pain”episode in a general drama of pain” Man a mere plaything of an impersonal and Man a mere plaything of an impersonal and

maligned fatemaligned fate

As flies to wanton boysAre we to the gods,They kill us for their sport King Lear Act IV Sc 1 35-37

Features of His Works

Accusing finger at destiny and taking sides with the protagonist

His plots hinges on Co-incidences and mischances

Close to nature, rural and country scenes Characters are mostly ordinary men and women

living close to the soil Minor rustics offer pithy humour Wessex finds a prominent place in his works

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