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Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)
 
 

Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated) [Kindle Edition]

THOMAS HARDY
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Features:
* illustrated with countless images relating to Hardy and his works
* annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* each novel has its own contents table - easily navigate between chapters!
* many of the novels are fully illustrated with original artwork – enjoy the true flavour of the Victorian text on your Kindle!
* information on the lost first novel ‘THE POOR MAN AND THE LADY', with a rare novella and poem tracing its content
* ALL of the short stories with BOTH chronological and alphabetical contents tables
* the compete plays – even including the rare “Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall” available nowhere else as a digital book
* ALL of the poems with their own separate chronological and alphabetical contents tables – find that special poem easily and quickly!
* the poems are ALSO presented in their original collections, each with its own table
* scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* special Hardy’s Wessex Map to accompany your reading of the novels
* includes a special criticism section, with 6 different texts from other authors and critics, examining Hardy's literary work in detail
* D.H Lawrence's lengthy critical book A STUDY OF THOMAS HARDY
* Hardy's wife's TWO biographies - explore the great writer's amazing life in detail - available nowhere else
* UPDATED with improved text and formatting in response to a customer's review

This truly is the ultimate Hardy collection, with all the novel, short fiction, poems and plays, which no respectable eBook collection should be without! Welcome to hours upon hours upon hours of reading one of literature’s greatest writers...

Please note: we aim to provide the most comprehensive author collections available to Kindle readers. Sadly, it’s not always possible to guarantee an absolutely ‘complete’ works, due to copyright restrictions or the scarcity of minor works. However, we do ensure our customers that every possible major text and a wealth of other material are included. We are dedicated to developing and enhancing our eBooks, which are available as free updates for customers who have already purchased them.

CONTENTS:

The Novels
THE POOR MAN AND THE LADY
AN INDISCRETION IN THE LIFE OF AN HEIRESS
DESPERATE REMEDIES
UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE
A PAIR OF BLUE EYES
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
THE TRUMPET-MAJOR
A LAODICEAN
TWO ON A TOWER
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
THE WOODLANDERS
TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES
JUDE THE OBSCURE
THE WELL-BELOVED

The Complete Short Stories
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF HARDY’S SHORT STORIES
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF HARDY’S SHORT STORIES

The Short Story Collections

The Complete Poetry
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF HARDY’S POETRY
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF HARDY’S POETRY

The Poetry Collections
WESSEX POEMS AND OTHER VERSES
POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS AND OTHER VERSES
and MORE...

The Plays
THE DYNASTS
PART FIRST
PART SECOND
PART THIRD
TRAGEDY OF THE QUEEN OF CORNWALL

The Criticism
A STUDY OF THOMAS HARDY BY D.H. LAWRENCE
THOMAS HARDY BY LEON H. VINCENT
THE LYRICAL POETRY OF THOMAS HARDY BY EDMUND GOSSE
UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY
THOMAS HARDY BY JOHN COWPER POWYS
A NOTE ON THE GENIUS OF THOMAS HARDY BY ARTHUR SYMONS

The Biographies
THE EARLY LIFE OF THOMAS HARDY, 1841–1891 BY FLORENCE HARDY
THE LATER YEARS OF THOMAS HARDY, 1892–1928 BY FLORENCE HARDY

HARDY’S WESSEX MAP



Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 23835 KB
  • Publisher: Delphi Classics; 7 edition (5 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004VBHAF2
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,825 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Hardy edition including complete poems 27 May 2011
By I. Proctor TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the latest (May 2011) edition of Thomas Hardy's writing and has the great advantage of including his complete poems. The poems are navigable in a number of ways being listed individually under each volume that Hardy published but also having searchable chronological and alphabetical lists. Actually the alphabetical list has some oddness in its set up but it is useable. The poems are well formatted except for not having any stanza divisions.
The volumes of short stories are also navigable down to individual tales so it is somewhat surprising that when it comes to the meat of Hardy's output, the great novels, the publisher here has not made them navigable other than to the start of each novel. There is no table of contents for each novel to take you to individual chapters.
The illustrations, mainly of Hardy himself and of people and places connected with him are a pleasing addition but could be better captioned. For example, it would be useful to know Hardy's age when the various pictures of him were made.
This is well worth getting just to have the complete poems but if you're studying Hardy you probably also need an edition that has his novels in a more navigable format. Fortunately these editions are so cheap that's not a problem.
UPDATE JUNE 20th, 2011. The publishers have now updated this file. The novels are now navigable to individual chapters; captions have been added to the illustrations and stanza divisions have been incorporated into the poems. What more can one say? For any sixth form or college student studying Hardy or simply for anyone who loves his work this file has it all. The poems especially are beautifully formatted now; a joy to read.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good, accessible version 11 July 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This complete works collection has a fully navigable and sortable table of contents. It contains all the poems, short stories and novels written by Hardy, some of which have introductory notes from the author himself.

Great value if you want all the Hardy novels in one place!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A very attractive collection 22 Dec 2011
By Mykool
Format:Kindle Edition
This is, of course, a huge collection that would take up a few shelves of your bookcase if you had it in print form, so I can't testify to every page but I am impressed with the overall package. I have looked up a few favourite passages in the novels and many of the poems and all were fine. Here are all the novels, all the short stories and all the poems each with their own contents list which makes it easy to navigate. And in addition several books of criticism and biographies. I also love the many illustrations which really make this such an attractive collection and shows a level of care in the production from Delphi Classics which you don't always get with an ebook. It's a nice surprise to click on a poetry collection and meet a photo of Thomas Hardy posing with his bicycle and his trousers tucked in his socks as if he had been waiting for you all along! Nice touch. Highly recommended.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
I think he was my favourite author as a teenager, didn't realise how dark and depressing some of the plots were but thats teenage anx for you !!
Published 8 days ago by PammyBee
5.0 out of 5 stars riveting
A must read, an unmitigated literary icon, the lessons the humour the innuendos the list is endless , a masterpiece that will undoubtedly outlive me
Published 29 days ago by twiz
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete works for £1.50
New to Hardy, amazing writer. Every line is a gem, like poetry. Some a bit unfathomable but built in dictionary in Kindle a great help.
Published 1 month ago by Mr R J White
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent production
Delphi has made a good job of this production. The text is faithfully reproduced; the illustrations are crystal clear. Read more
Published 2 months ago by B J Burton
5.0 out of 5 stars what needs said.
thomas hardy is a great author, all the well known favourites are included and lots of new stuff to explore. every bookworms dream!
Published 2 months ago by Lesley
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the complete works
If you have read any of his stories or seen a film of one, and you want to see what else he wrote this is the book for you.
Published 2 months ago by Susan Bailey
5.0 out of 5 stars Adding to my kindle collection
As a young person I read Thomas Hardy novels for exam prep in English Lit. I have also seen film adaptations of some of the more well known novels. Read more
Published 3 months ago by kathy
5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Hardy
Having read most of his books I was more than happy to have the complete works and found them great.
Published 4 months ago by C. Lintern
5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Hardy
An excellent edition of the works of one of our more celebrated 19th Century novelists. A worthy addition to anyone's collection.
Published 4 months ago by Eusebius
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value
It is very convenient to have the complete works of Thomas Hardy together in such an easily accessed format I would recomend to anyone.
Published 4 months ago by Chris Roots
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