The Return of the Native – Hardy, Thomas

Book Preview CONTENTS   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE CHRONOLOGY: HARDY’S LIFE AND WORKS MAP: THE WESSEX OF THE NOVELS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INTRODUCTION FURTHER READING A NOTE ON THE HISTORY OF THE TEXT THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE BOOK FIRST The Three Women CHAPTER I A Face on which Time makes but little Impression CHAPTER II … Read more

Jude the Obscure – Hardy, Thomas

Book Preview RALPH PITE is Professor of English at the University of Bristol, where he has taught since 2007 and the Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies. He is the author of Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life, Hardy’s Geography: Wessex and the Regional Novel, and The Circle of Our Vision: Dante’s Presence in English … Read more