Set in his fictional Wessex countryside in southwest England, Far from the Madding Crowd was Thomas Hardy's breakthrough work. Though it was first published anonymously in 1874, the quick and tremendo
The manuscript of Hardy's first great novel Far From the Madding Crowd vanished shortly after its first publication. Rediscovered in 1918 it sheds remarkable new light on the whole of Hardy's work. Th
In the mid- late 1800s and early 1900s, Thomas Hardy produced a plethora of eclectic works that were considered too "candid" and even sacrilegious for their time. Hardy's publishing of fiction, drama
Rosemarie Morgan provides a challenging reading arguing that, contrary to the accepted critical view, Hardy's heroines do seek control over their conduct and their destinies and this reveals itself in
Rosemarie Morgan is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at St Andrews University, UK. She Is President of The Thomas Hardy Association, Vice President of the Thomas Hardy Society, and Editor of the bi
A Hardcover Classics edition of Thomas Hardy’s impassioned novel of courtship in rural life, soon to be a movie starring Carey Mulligan and Michael SheenIn Thomas Hardy’s first major literary success,
