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05-28-2005, 01:21 AM
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Thomas Hardy
What is your favorite work by him? I'd have to go with 'Jude the Obscure,' but 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' is also a fine piece of literature.
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05-28-2005, 03:52 AM
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Hi Ralizah, My two favorites are ...The Mayor Of Casterbridge and Far From The Madding Crowd.
However, I've seen all his works that were featured on PBS...they all were great! 
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06-02-2005, 05:16 AM
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Ah Thomas Hardy... hmmm must re-read some of his again as I haven't read them in a while. Thanks for the reminder of an old favourite. The Woodlanders comes to mind, but it's so long since I read it I have completely forgotten the story. 
He can be a little depressing of course - life was hard - but well worth the read for the glimpse into the past and some wonderful prose:
" To step, for instance, at the place under notice, from the edge of the plantation into the adjoining thoroughfare, and pause amid it's emptiness for a moment, was to exchange by the act of a single stride the simple absence of human companionship for an incubus of the forlorn."
"incubus of the forlorn"
wonderful stuff!
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08-12-2005, 09:05 AM
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My fave would have to b 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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08-30-2005, 02:07 AM
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Whoops, didn't know there already was a Hardy thread... I made one somewhere else...
Anyway, I'm a big fan of Hardy's poetry and novels, I've literally read every single novel of his, except one, I think (Desperate Remedies).
And I think my favorite is still the first Hardy book I ever read, that introduced me to him, The Mayor of Casterbridge...I just love Michael Henchard, such a tragic and powerful character...
Either that or Tess...
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05-10-2006, 04:47 PM
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Tess has to be the most perfect woman in the history of literature, but Jude Fawley is the ultimate victim of Fate...always what if'd when i wonder what would have happened if those two had met!
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09-22-2007, 04:42 PM
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I LOVE Thomas Hardy. He used the English language so beautifully. It was like reading poetry. He definitely inspires me as a writer.
I liked Tess of the D'Ubervilles, though it was so sad. My fave book of his, though is Mayor of Casterbridge. Also tragic, I suppose, but so great!
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I loved Far from the Madding Crowd but detested Tess of D'Urbevilles for some reason
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