The woodlanders / Thomas Hardy; edited and with an introduction and notes by Patricia Ingham

Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)

ISBN 10: 0140431454 / ISBN 13: 9780140431452

Published by London: Penguin, 1998

About this Item

Good paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: xliii, 419 p.: map; 19 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiv-xxxvi). Subjects: Country life England Wessex Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Fiction. Forests and forestry; Fiction. Arranged marriage; Fiction. Social classes; Fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Wessex (England) Fiction. Dorset (England) Social life and customs; Fiction. Genre: Literature. Psychological fiction. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The woodlanders / Thomas Hardy; edited and with an introduction and notes by Patricia Ingham
• Publisher: London: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140431454
• ISBN 13: 9780140431452
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

The setting is gentler than in some of Hardy's novels, but the story is similar - thwarted love and ruined lives.

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.