THOMAS HARDY'S LIFE ,CHRONOLOGY AND CHARACTERS
THOMAS HARDY'S LIFE ,CHRONOLOGY AND CHARACTERS ⬛ Thomas Hardy: Key Points Early Life and Background - Born: June 2, 1840, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England. - Family: Son of a stonemason and a well-read mother. - Education: Local schools, apprenticed to architect John Hicks. Literary Career - First Novel: "Desperate Remedies" (1871). - Breakthrough: "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874). - Wessex Setting: Created a fictional region based on rural England. Major Works - "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874): Introduced Wessex; characters Bathsheba Everdene, Gabriel Oak. - "The Return of the Native" (1878): Tragic tale on Egdon Heath; characters Eustacia Vye, Clym Yeobright. - "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886): Story of Michael Henchard’s rise and fall. - "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891): Critique of Victorian morality; character Tess Durbeyfield. - "Jude the Obscure" (1895): Controversial work on class and s...