Anglia, druga połowa wieku XIX. Daleko od wielkich wydarzeń, daleko od szalejących tłumów, daleko od wszelkiego zgiełku dzieje się spokojne życie angielskiej prowincji. I choć pozornie zwykłe codzien

Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. These seven tales, in which characters and scenes are imbued

The Penguin English Library Edition of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy `I cannot allow any man to - to criticise my private conduct!` she exclaimed. `Nor will I for a minute` Hardy`s po

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the D`Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her cousin, Alec proves to be her downfall. A different m

Hardy distrusted the application of nineteenth-century empiricism to history because he felt it marginalized important human elements. In The Trumpet-Major, the tale of a woman courted by three compe