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Thomas Hardy was born on the 2nd of June , 1840, at Higher Bockhampton. ... Hardy left Dorchester for London where he started working as an assistant-architect. ...
Around 1870 Hardy returned to Higher Bockhampton. ... “Far from the Madding Crowd”(1874) was the novel to establish Hardy’ s reputation. ...
Thomas Hardy died on the 11th of January, 1928; his ashes were laid in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey.
“Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is Hardy’ s tragic masterpiece. ...
Many novelists have set their scenes in real places, but in Hardy’ s works almost every step taken by his characters is taken along real roads; the towns and villages, the hills, even many of the houses are identifiable. The half-real, half-imaginary land in which Hardy’ s characters and scenes are set in Wessex, a largely agricultural region which designates the south-west counties of England, principally Dorset.
Approximate Word count = 703
Approximate Pages = 2.8
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