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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was an English author, novelist and poet, who is mainly known for his contribution in the naturalist movement. Though he always regarded himself as a poet and claimed poems as his first love, they are not as popular as novels composed by him. Hardy's huge popularity lies in the large volume of work, together known as the Wessex stories. These novels, plotted in a semi-fictional place, Wessex outline the lives of people struggling against their passion and the adverse conditions. Most of his works reflect his stoical glumness and sense of cataclysm in human life. As both poet and author, Hardy displayed his mastery in dealing with themes of disappointment in love and life, human suffering and all-powering fate. Most of his works are set in the milieu of social tragedy, injustice and evil laws and often have a fatalistic end, with many of the characters falling prey to the unanticipated conditions. Among his most important works are novels Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native Wessex
Childhood & Early Life
Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in the east of Dorchester in Dorset in England to a stonemason and his wife. His father also worked as a builder. Thomas received his initial schooling from his mother at home until the age of eight when he went to school for the first time. After schooling in Bockhampton, he became an apprenticed to a local architect at age 16. He worked there with a specialization in the restoration of Churches until 1862 when he moved to London to study architecture at King's College, London. He did well in studies and was given prizes from the Royal Instituted of British Architects and the Architectural Association but he had developed a passion for writing by then and decided to take it as a career.
Marriages
Thomas Hardy met his first wife Emma Lavinia 1870 in Cornwell, while still working as an architect. They married in 1874 after a long courtship.
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was an English author, novelist and poet, who is mainly known for his contribution in the naturalist movement. Though he always regarded himself as a poet and claimed poems as his first love, they are not as popular as novels composed by him. Hardy's huge popularity lies in the large volume of work, together known as the Wessex stories. These novels, plotted in a semi-fictional place, Wessex outline the lives of people struggling against their passion and the adverse conditions. Most of his works reflect his stoical glumness and sense of cataclysm in human life. As both poet and author, Hardy displayed his mastery in dealing with themes of disappointment in love and life, human suffering and all-powering fate. Most of his works are set in the milieu of social tragedy, injustice and evil laws and often have a fatalistic end, with many of the characters falling prey to the unanticipated conditions. Among his most important works are novels Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native Wessex
Childhood & Early Life
Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in the east of Dorchester in Dorset in England to a stonemason and his wife. His father also worked as a builder. Thomas received his initial schooling from his mother at home until the age of eight when he went to school for the first time. After schooling in Bockhampton, he became an apprenticed to a local architect at age 16. He worked there with a specialization in the restoration of Churches until 1862 when he moved to London to study architecture at King's College, London. He did well in studies and was given prizes from the Royal Instituted of British Architects and the Architectural Association but he had developed a passion for writing by then and decided to take it as a career.
Marriages
Thomas Hardy met his first wife Emma Lavinia 1870 in Cornwell, while still working as an architect. They married in 1874 after a long courtship.