Thomas Hardy: Five Novels - Far From The Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure

ISBN: 0760778760

Author: Thomas Hardy

Condition: New

Thomas Hardy wrote with compassion about simple people whose lives are altered dramatically by forces beyond their control. In the novels selected for this unique literary omnibus - Far From the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Ubervilles, and Jude the Obscure - Hardy follows the tragedies and triumphs of natives of his Wessex countryside who are challenged by deteriorating traditions, repressive social institutions, and changes wrought by the modernization that typified the Victorian Era.

Hardy mapped a rugged and imaginative terrain within the human heart and wrote expressively of characters ennobled by their struggle to survive in a world of shifting values.

Thomas Hardy: Five Novels is part of Barnes & Noble's Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works - complete and unabridged - from one of the greatest writers in literature in magnificent, elegantly designed hard-back editions. Every volume also includes an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on the writer's life and works.