Treasury of Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The mayor of Casterbridge, Far from the madding crowd

Hardy, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0140431268 / ISBN 13: 9780140431261

Published by Octopus Books, 1985

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Treasury of Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The mayor of Casterbridge, Far from the madding crowd
• Publisher: Octopus Books
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140431268
• ISBN 13: 9780140431261
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1755963706.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47124686
• Signed: 8/23/2025 3:41:46 PM
• Seller catalogs:
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  • 9780140431261
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Synopsis

Bathsheba Everdene is a strong, confident woman who becomes a powerful farmer. But her emotional life descends into chaos as she becomes involved with three very different men.

About the Author

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.