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Far from the madding crowd, the return of the native, the mayor of casterbridge, tess of the durbervilles, jude the obscure. Poems community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Poems by thomas hardy at poetry foundation and poems by thomas hardy at. Thomas hardy abandoned the novel form at the turn of the century, probably after public reaction to jude the obscure, but continued to write verse. Unlike most previous selections, this edition preserves the shape of the poets career by presenting the poems in the order in which they appeared in the collected poems of 1930, rather than reordering them thematically. Thomas hardy books list of books by author thomas hardy. The melancholy hussar of the german legion and other stories. The second reason for commending this particular volume of hardys poems is robert mezeys introduction and notes. The trumpetmajor john loveday, a soldier in the war with buonaparte, and robert his brother. I might go further and suggest that this is an excellent way into poetry generally for. Martins press, 1996 selected poems edited by robert mezey, penguin, 1998 thomas hardy.
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