Thomas Hardy: A Beginner's Guide

by Charlie Bell and Rob Abbott

This volume introduces you to the life and works of this eminent and prolific Victorian writer. By exploring some of his major novels, short stories and poems, the?author aims to show the relevance of Hardy in the 21st century.?He examines Hardy's proccupations with such themes as morality, aspiration, fatalism, nature, industrialization, and the relationship between men and women.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340800364
• ISBN13: 9780340800362
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book

If you only have six qud and want an great introduction to Hardy then this is the one to buy. Brilliant but simple section on modern crit.