
Person
Thomas Hardy
Writing · 1840–1928 · Dorset, England
Biography
Thomas Hardy (2 June, 1840 – 11 January, 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.
Known for

Screen Two
Writer

Far from the Madding Crowd
Novel

Les Cent Livres des Hommes
Writer

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Novel

Far from the Madding Crowd
Novel

Tess
Novel

Far from the Madding Crowd
Novel

Wessex Tales
Short Story

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Writer

Jude
Novel
Filmography
- 2021Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and TragedySelf (archive footage)
- 2015Far from the Madding CrowdNovel
- 2011TrishnaNovel
- 2010Far from the Madding CrowdWriter
- 2008Tess of the D'UrbervillesNovel
- 2005Under The Greenwood TreeNovel
- 2003The Mayor of CasterbridgeWriter
- 2003The Mayor of CasterbridgeWriter
- 2000The ClaimNovel
- 1998Far from the Madding CrowdNovel
- 1998Far from the Madding CrowdNovel
- 1998Tess of the D'UrbervillesNovel
- 1998Tess of the D'UrbervillesNovel
- 1998The WoodlandersAuthor
- 1996JudeNovel
- 1994The Return of the NativeNovel
- 1985Screen TwoWriter
- 1985Exploits at West PoleyBook
- 1981The Secret of the Devil's PocketShort Story
- 1979TessNovel
- 1978The Mayor of CasterbridgeWriter
- 1973Wessex TalesShort Story
- 1971Jude the ObscureNovel
- 1970Les Cent Livres des HommesWriter
- 1967Far from the Madding CrowdNovel
- 1929Under the Greenwood TreeNovel
- 1924Tess of the D'UrbervillesNovel
- 1921The Mayor of CasterbridgeNovel
- 1913Tess of the D'UrbervillesNovel
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