Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy, English poet and novelist. Hardy published nearly 20 novels in his lifetime, including Tess of the D 'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native and The Mayor of Casterbridge. Hardy was born in 1840 in British Dorset, literary creation began in 1862, published in 1878, the novel "the return of the native", published in 1891, a novel "Tess of the", published in 1896, a novel Jude the obscure, "Jude the obscure" for telling the men and women protagonist's cousin marriage, lead to hardy attacks on public opinion, since hardy not writing a novel. In his later years, his major works include three volumes of poetic drama Kings. In 1910, Hardy received the English Literary Achievement Award. Hardy is a writer spanning two centuries. His early and middle works mainly focus on novels, inheriting and carrying forward the literary tradition of the Victorian era. In his later years, he pioneered The English literature of the 20th century with his poems. Hardy composed eight volumes of 918 poems, as well as numerous novellas under the general title of The Wessex Story and the epic play Kings.