Thomas Hardy

Quotes

• “The sovereign brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red. To persons standing alone on a hill during a clear midnight such as this, the roll of the world eastward is almost a palpable movement.”

• “To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.”

• “Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.”

• “A novel is an impression, not an argument.”

• “Overhead the hollow stretch of whitish cloud shutting out the sky was as a tent which had the whole heath for its floor.”

Books by Thomas Hardy in order

Books by Thomas Hardy in the order they were published, from Desperate Remedies (1871) to Woman Much Missed (2015).

1. 1Desperate RemediesDesperate Remedies1871
2. 2Under the Greenwood TreeUnder the Greenwood Tree1872
3. 3A Pair of Blue EyesA Pair of Blue Eyes1873
4. 4Far from the Madding CrowdFar from the Madding Crowd1874
5. 5The Hand of EthelbertaThe Hand of Ethelberta1876
6. 6The Return of the NativeThe Return of the Native1878
7. 7The Trumpet-major, John Loveday, a Soldier in the War with BThe Trumpet-major, John Loveday, a Soldier in the War with Buonaparte, and Robert His Brother, First Mate in the Merchant Service1880
8. 8Two on a TowerTwo on a Tower1882
9. 9The Mayor of CasterbridgeThe Mayor of Casterbridge1886
10. 10The WoodlandersThe Woodlanders1887
11. 11Wessex TalesWessex Tales1888
    What's in it (5)

    • The Three Strangers
    • The Withered Arm
    • Fellow-townsmen
    • Interlopers at the Knap
    • The Distracted Preacher
12. 12Poems of the Past and the PresentPoems of the Past and the Present1889
    What's in it (3)

    • 1. Wessex Poems. Poems of the Past and the Present. Time's Laughingstocks
    • 2. Satires of Circumstance. Moments of Vision. Late Lyrics and Earlier
    • 4. The Dynasts, Parts First & Second
13. 13A Group of Noble DamesA Group of Noble Dames1891
    What's in it (10)

    • The First Countess of Wessex
    • Barbara of the House of Grebe
    • The Marchioness of Stonehenge
    • Lady Mottisfont
    • The Lady Icenway
    • Squire Petrick's Lady
    • Anna, Lady Baxby
    • The Lady Penelope
    • The Duchess of Hamptonshire
    • The Honorable Laura
14. 14Tess of the d'UrbervillesTess of the d'Urbervilles1891
15. 15Life's Little IroniesLife's Little Ironies1894
16. 16Jude the ObscureJude the Obscure1895
17. 17The Well-belovedThe Well-beloved1897
18. 18The DynastsThe Dynasts1904
19. 19Collected Short StoriesCollected Short Stories1913
20. 20Life and ArtLife and Art1921
    What's in it (8)

    • Old Mrs. Chundle
    • Destiny and a Blue Cloak
    • The Doctor's Legend
    • An Indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress
    • Outlines for Stories
    • The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing
    • Our Exploits at West Poley
    • The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall
21. 21The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 5The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 52000
22. 22Oxford Bookworms LibraryOxford Bookworms Library2004
23. 23Woman Much MissedWoman Much Missed2015

Lists with books by Thomas Hardy

• Books like Wuthering Heights