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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by convent…

Far From The Madding Crowd, version 2

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Far From The Madding Crowd is Hardy's fourth novel. It centres on the lives of five characters: Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, Mr Boldwood…

Far from the Madding Crowd

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Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles (version 2)

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles subtitled, "A Pure Woman," is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by h…

The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 2)

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Irritated and drunken, an itinerant farm-worker sells his wife and child to a stranger. Thus begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, set in rural …

Jude the Obscure (Version 2)

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Eleven-year-old Jude Fawley, inspired by his teacher Mr. Phillotson, who leaves Marygreen for Christminster to take a university degree, dec…

The Woodlanders (version 2)

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The Woodlanders is one of Hardy's later novels, although he originally intended it as a successor to Far From The Madding Crowd. It concerns…

A Pair of Blue Eyes

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The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen …

The Mayor of Casterbridge

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The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) is a tragic novel by English author Thomas Hardy subtitled, "The Life and Death of a Man of Character&…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles (version 3)

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"Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented" is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891. It initially …

The Return of the Native

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Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Vic…

The Hand of Ethelberta

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Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but became a governess and consequently, at the age of 18, married well. However, her husband …

Under the Greenwood Tree

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This novel is subtitled The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. The Quire is the group of musicians who accompany the hym…

Jude the Obscure

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Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. Its hero Jude Fa…

Wessex Tales

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Wessex Tales is a collection of six short stories written by Hardy in the 1880’s. If you’ve never read Hardy they’ll serve as a good introdu…

Life's Little Ironies; A Set Of Tales With Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled A …

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Eighteen short stories by a master story teller. - Summary by david wales

A Laodicean

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The Laodicean (someone whose religious beliefs are “lukewarm”) of the title is Paula Power who bought the ancient castle De Stancy which she…

Two On A Tower

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The plot concerns two – literally star-crossed – lovers: Swithin St. Cleeve, a very young amateur astronomer, and Viviette Constantine, an u…

The Well-Beloved

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'The Well-Beloved' tells the story of Jocelyn Pierston and his love for three generations of women - the grandmother, her daughter and grand…

The Return of the Native (version 2 dramatic reading)

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Clym Yeobright returns home to Egdon Heath, a scattered collection of houses on the isolated Wessex moors, and is caught up in a "love …

Desperate Remedies

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Cytherea Graye is poor, but accepts a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had not b…

A Group of Noble Dames

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The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…

A Changed Man And Other Tales

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Eleven short stories. - Summary by david wales

The Trumpet-Major

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Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside. However, the arrival of several regiments pr…

The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid

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A milkmaid, Margery, encounters a mysterious foreigner and perhaps prevents him from committing suicide. In gratitude, the man offers her an…

The Woodlanders

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The story takes place in a small woodland village called Little Hintock, and concerns the efforts of an honest woodsman, Giles Winterborne, …

Great Ghost Stories

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A great collection of 12 classic stories about ghosts and the supernatural. Included are stories by Thomas Hardy, Fitz-James O'Brien, and Ma…

Una mujer soñadora -Thomas Hardy- AlbaLearning Audiolibros y Libros Gratis

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La señora Marchmill abrió uno de los libros y vio, escrito en la primera página, el nombre de su dueño. —¡…

The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)

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In a fit of drunkenness, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter to the highest bidder at a country fair. He lives with regret and…

Wessex Poems

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A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn

Song of the Soldiers' Wives

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Thomas Hardy is regarded as one of the best English novelists. His novels are heartbreaking, unconventional, sad and lyrical. He also wrote …

In Time Of The Breaking Of Nations

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of "In Time Of The Breaking Of Nations" by Thomas Hardy. This was the Weekly Poetry pro…

The Oxen

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LibriVox volunteers bring you seven different recordings of The Oxen, by Thomas Hardy. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of De…

The Ruined Maid

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While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. In…

Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection)

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Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and published collections until his death in 1928. Although not as well received by his contemporari…

Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

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Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…

Middle Age Enthusiasms

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Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novel…

La historia de un hombre supersticioso -Thomas Hardy- AlbaLearning Audiolibros …

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“Hubo algo muy extraño acerca de la muerte de William, ¡muy extraño de veras!” suspiró con melancolía un h…

The Two Wives

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Two Wives by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 15, 2023. ---…

At A Lunar Eclipse

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of At A Lunar Eclipse by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 27, 2019. …

When I set out for Lyonnesse

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of When I set out for Lyonnesse by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 22…

A Commonplace Day

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Commonplace Day by Thomas Hardy.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 27, 2…

To Flowers From Italy In Winter

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of To Flowers From Italy In Winter by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for July …

Poems of the Past and the Present

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Poems of the Past and the Present is the second collection of poems by Thomas Hardy published in 1901. It is divided into 5 sections, War Po…

The House of Hospitalities

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The House of Hospitalities by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 13…

A Backward Spring

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of A Backward Spring by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 19, 2023. …

Poems of Pilgrimage

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A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerla…

The Choirmaster's Burial

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Choirmaster's Burial by Thomas Hardy.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February…

A Wet Night

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of A Wet Night by Thomas HardyThis was the Weekly Poetry project for August 31, 2025. ------T…

A Popular Personage at Home

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of 'A Popular Personage at Home' by Thomas Hardy.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Jan…

Poems of 1912-13

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Thomas Hardy wrote these poems in response to the death of his first wife. They are considered to be among his finest work.(Summary by Alan …

A Night in November

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 27 recordings of A Night in November by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 12, 2025.…