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

Jude Fawley, the stonemason excluded not by his wits but by poverty from the world of Christminster privilege, finds fulfilment in his relationship with Sue Bridehead. Both have left earlier marriage

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