Thomas Hardy: 431 books

One of Thomas Hardy's novels set in a fictionalised rural southwest England. It follows the story of Michael Henchard, the Mayor of Casterbridge, who tries to hide his tragic past. Casterbridge is based on the real town of Dorchester in Dorset.

Gabriel Oak, jeune paysan du Wessex, est devenu propriétaire d’une bergerie. Il s’éprend de Barbara Everdene, venue s’installer au pays avec sa tante. Mais la belle repousse ses avances avec hauteur. Ayant perdu toutes ses bêtes par la faute d’un chien mal dressé, Gabriel, ruiné, est...

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

A collection of ten short stories by Thomas Hardy, many of them set in his famous fictional county of Wessex.

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at each calendar month through the eyes and minds of our most...

A Group of Noble dames is an 1891 collection of short stories written by Thomas Hardy. It is a frame narrative in which ten members of a club each tell one story about a noble dame in the 17th or 18th century.

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd’s cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain....

The beautiful and exotic Eustacia Vye feels trapped by her life in Egdon Heath, an area occupied mostly by simple rural folk, where superstition and the supernatural have taken root. As she tries to escape her life of constraint and frustration, Eustacia finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into...

Short stories are a perfect way to enjoy and appreciate classic literature in reader-friendly, bite-sized chunks. This collection of perfectly polished little gems from Thomas Hardy, author of works such as Return of the Native and Far from the Madding Crowd, offers a great introduction to this renowned author.

The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy.

Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy.

Life's Little Ironies is a collection of tales written by Thomas Hardy, originally published in 1894,[1][2] and republished with a slightly different collection of stories, for the Uniform Edition in 1927/8. Contents The son's veto -- For conscience' sake -- A tragedy of two ambitions...

Far From the Madding Crowd is a story book which contains the simplified version of the novel with the same title by the famous author Thomas Hardy. It is the outstanding story of a woman called Bathsheba and her unstable relations with the three men who play very different roles in her life...