published
1873: A Pair of Blue Eyes was published
1874: Far From the Madding was
published
1875: The Hand of Ethelberta was
published
1878: The Return of the Native began
Hardy’s Cottage
Pictures of Hardy
Marriage
First: in 1874---Emma Gifford , sister-in-law of a vicar , died in 1912
Second: in 1914 --Florence Dugdale , his secretary, a woman almost 40 years younger than him.
between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
between Victorian sensibilities and more modern ones, and
between tradition and innovation.
Part II Hardy’s works
1865: How I Built My House---Hardy's
first published work and first short story--- appeared in Chamber's Journal, 18 March.
1883: The Three Strangers was
Wessex novels
In his Wessex novels, there is an apparent nostalgic touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life, which was gradually declining and disappearing as England was marching fast into an industrial country.

Question:
What is his position in the history of English Literature?
One of the most important novelists in the Victorian Era and the first important poet in the 20th century.
Wessex Poems, 1898 Poems of the Past and Present, 1901 The Dynasts, Part First, 1904 The Dynasts, Part Second, 1906 The Dynasts, Part Third, 1908 Time's Laughingstocks, 1909 Satires of Circumstance, 1914 Moments of Vision, 1917 Late Lyrics and Earlier, 1922 Human Shows, 1925 Winter Words, 1928
Death
After his first wife’s
death, Hardy was stricken
with guilt and remorse, but
the result was some of his
best poetry, expressing his
feelings for his wife of 38
Childhood Hardy was frail as a child, and did not start at
the village school until he was 8. One year later he transferred to a new school in
the county town of Dorchester. At 16 he was apprenticed to a local architect.
And with those traditional characters he was always sympathetic and mourns over their failure and misfortune.
Hardy's work reflected his stoical pessimism and sense of tragedy in human life.
published
1887: The Withered Arm was written
first published novel
Desperate Remedies
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
first novel about country life
Under the Greenwood
Tree
Novels
Far From
…
the Madding
Crowd
first masterpiece
years.
•Thomas Hardy died on Jan. 11, 1928
at his house of Max Gate in
Dorchester.
•He wished to be buried beside Emma
in Stinsford churchyard, but his
wishes were only partly regarded.
Hardy's career as writer spanned over fifty years.
His earliest books appeared when Anthony Trollope (1815-82) wrote his Palliser series, and he published poetry in the decade of T.S.
•His body was interred in Poet's
Corner, Westminster Abbey, and
only his heart was buried in
Emma's grave at Stinsford.
Did You Know?
A rumour has persisted since Hardy's death that it is not the author's heart that was buried beside Emma
Thomas Hardy
(1840 － 1928)
Contents
1. Hardy’s life 2. Hardy’s works 3. Features of his novels 4. Tess of the D’urbervilles 5. Discussion of Tess
Part I Hardy’s life
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Hardy’s Major works
Poetry: 1898: Hardy published his first book of
verse, Wessex Poems
1902: The Dynasts, in dramatic blank verse, was published
English poet and regional novelist,
whose works depict the imaginary county "Wessex" (Dorset).
In many respects, Hardy was trapped in the middle ground
Adulthood
Hardy later moved to London to work as an architect.
He began writing, but his poems were rejected by a number of publishers.
Although he enjoyed life in London, Hardy's health was poor, and he was forced to return to Dorset.
Eliot's The Waste Land.
Hardy's work reflected his stoical pessimism and sense of tragedy in human life.


Question:
What are his representative works?
its serial run
1894: Life's Little Ironies was published
1895: Jude the Obscure was published
in book form
1897: The Well-Beloved was published
Stories:
Thomas Hardy was born at Higher Bockhampton, Dorset on June 2, 1840, where his father worked as a builder.
From his father he gained an appreciation of music, and from his mother an appetite for learning and the delights of the countryside about his rural home.