Books By Thomas Hardy
List of 5 best books written by Thomas Hardy. Check out the booklist.
1. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
With its depiction of the wronged ‘pure woman’ Tess and its powerful criticism of Victorian hypocrisy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy’s novels. When its heroine, Tess Durbeyfield, is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles, meeting her ‘cousin’ Alec proves to be her downfall.
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2. Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a haunting love story and a raging indictment of Victorian society. In addition to its literary qualities, the novel is a rich source of social history, accurately reflecting the encroachment of the modern, developing world on the rural traditions of England. Of all the creations of Thomas Hardy, Jude is the most outspoken, the most powerful and the most despairing.
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3. Under the Greenwood Tree
A portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and irony, it is Hardy’s most bright, confident and optimistic novel.
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4. The Mayor of Casterbridge
Published in 1886, “The Mayor of Casterbridge” is one of Thomas Hardy’s famous Wessex novels, set in a fictional town in rural England. It depicts the life of a hay trusser, Michael Henchard, who auctions his wife and baby girl to a sailor in a drunken state.
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5. The Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy
This work comprises a collection of the poetic works of Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s poetry spanned over 50 years from the last half of the 19th century to the period after world War I, and ranges from pessimistic works to those which were witty and fanciful.
