From the author of The Mayor of Casterbridge, this novel follows a woman torn between a wealthy, unfaithful husband and the humble woodsman she truly loves.As a young woman in a small village, Grace Melbury expects to one day marry her sweetheart, Giles. But her ambitious father has decided that her upbringing would be wasted on such a man, and pressures her to wed the doctor Fitzpiers instead.It soon becomes clear that Fitzpiers has little more to...

“They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.”--- Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding CrowdFar from the Madding CrowdThomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for...

This collection gathers together the works by Thomas Hardy in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Novels Desperate Remedies [1871] Under the Greenwood Tree [1872] A Pair of Blue Eyes [1873] Far from the Madding Crowd [1874] The Hand of Ethelberta [1876] The Return of the Native [1878] The Trumpet-Major John Loveday [1880] A Laodicean [1881] Two on a Tower [...

'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing for certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.' Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart. Far from the...

Late one night at a local fair, Michael Henchard, blinded by alcohol and foolish bravado, trades away his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor. Nineteen years later the two women return to Casterbridge and the now-sober Michael, who has gained power and influence in his role as the mayor, must confront his past. As his life begins to collapse, Henchard realizes that it is his treatment of others has been his greatest downfall. Burdened by guilt and stripped of his status and money, Hench...

Phase the First: The Maiden (1–11)The novel is set in impoverished rural Wessex during the Long Depression. Tess is the eldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated rural peasants. One day, Parson Tringham informs John that he has noble blood. Tringham, an amateur genealogist, has discovered that "Durbeyfield" is a corruption of "D'Urberville", the surname of a noble Norman family, now extinct. The news immediately goes to John's head.That same day, Tess participates...

Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents.Tess of the d'Urbervilles is considered the most famous work of Thomas Hardy. The novel, considered one of the best of the 19th century, was controversial at the time of its release because it challenged the sexual morals of Victorian-era England.

“I shall do one thing in this life-one thing certain-this is, love you, and long of you, and keep wanting you till I die.”Far From The Madding Crowd is the new talked-about movie from Fox Searchlight starring Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene. This is the original 1874 romance novel by Thomas Hardy, newly revised and optimized for digital reading.In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very...

A Laodicean is a romance classic written by Thomas Hardy and first published in 1881. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who has purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from London. She is attracted to both men for their different virtues and is thrust onto the horns of religious and romantic dilemmas.

Includes:The Return of the Native2.Tess of the d'Urbervilles, a Pure WomanJude the ObscureThe Mayor of CasterbridgeFar from the Madding CrowdThe Three StrangersA Pair of Blue EyesUnder the Greenwood TreeLife's Little IroniesWessex TalesDesperate RemediesThe WoodlandersThe DynastsThe Well-BelovedA Mere InterludeA Laodicean...

The Trumpet Major was Thomas Hardy's seventh novel, published in 1880 in a censored version in the [I]Good Words[/I] magazine and as the full version by Smith, Elder. It is a historical story set in the Napoleonic Wars from the threatened invasion from Boulogne to the beginning of the Peninsular war, and deals with the relationships of three men and two women and how they are affected by their personalities. It is not as bleak as most of his work.

The chance discovery by a young peasant woman that she is a descendant of the noble family of d'Urbervilles is to change the course of her life. Tess Durbeyfield leaves home on the first of her fateful journeys, and meets the ruthless Alec d'Urberville. Thomas Hardy's impassioned story tells of hope and disappointment, rejection and enduring love.