Wessex Poems And Other Verses

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

Thomas Hardy was part of the English naturalist movement. He wrote short stories, novels, and poetry. Poems in this collection include The Temporary The All, Amabel, Hap, "In Vision I Roamed", At a Bridal, Postponement, A Confession to a Friend in Trouble, Neutral Tones, She, Her Initials, Her Dilemma, Revulsion, She, To Him, Ditty, The Sergeant's Song, Valenciennes, San Sebastian, The Stranger's Song, The Burghers, Leipzig, The Peasant's Confession, The Alarm, Her Death and After, The Dance at the Phoenix, The Casterbridge Captains, A Sign-Seeker, My Cicely, Her Immortality, The Ivy-Wife, A Meeting with Despair, Unknowing, Friends Beyond, To Outer Nature, Thoughts of Phena, Middle-Age Enthusiasms, and many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438537719
Publisher:	Book Jungle
Publication date:	03/09/2010
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.23(d)

About the Author

An English Victorian author of novels, poems, and short stories, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is best known for the classic books Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Set mostly in the semi-imagined region of Wessex, Hardy’s fictional works retain their popularity thanks to an accessible style, Romantic plots, and richly drawn characters.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks