Hardy, Thomas

Summary: Innocent Tess Durbeyfield's maidenhood is stolen by the dishonorable Alex d'Urberville and yet she is able to find true love with Angel Clare; their happiness is later shattered, for when her past is revealed, Clare rejects her love until it is too late ...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1994

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Hardy, Thomas

Summary: Against the larger-than-life backdrop of England's conflict with Napoleon, young Anne Garland is courted by three suitors: the trumpet-major John Loveday, his sailor-brother Bob, and Festus Derriman of the yeomanry cavalry. For Hardy, the loves and sorrows of ordinary characters are as much the material of history as any record of emperors and generals. The present tale is founded largely on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2013

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Hardy, Thomas

Summary: Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2008

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Hardy, Thomas

Summary: In a drunken haze Michael Henchard sells his wife and child to a sailor for five guineas at the local fair. The next morning Henchard awakes, realizes the magnitude of what he has done, and swears he will not drink again. More than two decades later, Henchard has grown wealthy and is the Mayor of Casterbridge--but he can never escape the tragic repercussions of his past.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2010

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Hardy, Thomas

Summary: Beautiful and spirited, but also impoverished and mistreated, Tess suffers through the hypocrisy of Victorian society, and falls victim to injustice. Controversial at the time of writing and censored when it was first published, the novel is now considered Hardy's masterwork.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Texas Book Company 2018

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