Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy: "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" tells the tragic story of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman from a poor rural family who discovers her aristocratic heritage. The novel explores themes of fate, morality, and the...

Volume 1This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Thomas Hardy, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little,...

In a remote corner of early Victorian England, where traditional practices remain untouched by time, Bathsheba Everdene stands out as a beacon of female independence and self-reliance. However, when confronted with three suitors, among them the...

"Jude the Obscure" follows the life of Jude Fawley, a working-class young man with dreams of pursuing education at the university. The story delves into themes of class, education, marriage, and the constraints of societal norms. Jude's relentless...

Far From The Madding Crowd is Hardy's fourth novel. It centres on the lives of five characters: Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, Mr Boldwood, Sgt. Troy and Fanny Robin. The plot involves love, loyalty, death and betrayal and all this is delivered to...

One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by conventional morality and its antithesis. Born near Dorchester, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) set most of his stories in...

Many giants of Literature originate from the shores of these emerald isles; Shakespeare, Dickens, Chaucer, The Brontes and Austen to which most people would willingly add the name Thomas Hardy. Far From The Madding Crowd, Tess Of The D’Urbervilles,...

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a...

In the quiet farming country of Victorian England, a strong-minded young woman inherits a large farm and resolves to manage it herself, determined to prove that she needs no man to control her future. Intelligent, proud, and fiercely independent, she...

A powerful critique of Victorian society's social constraints and the crushing weight of expectations. The story revolves around Jude Fawley, a working-class dreamer with aspirations of becoming a scholar at the prestigious university in...

"Far from the Madding Crowd," published in 1874, is one of Thomas Hardy's most celebrated novels and the first to introduce readers to the fictional county of Wessex. The story follows the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who inherits...

Wspaniały portret niezależnej kobiety, która potrafi wybrnąć nawet z pozornie nieodwracalnych skutków źle podjętych decyzji. Klasyczna i jedna z najlepszych powieści w dorobku autora, obrazowo ukazująca przesądy i zwyczaje małej wiejskiej...

“The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its achievements, but in its aims and impulses; its true history lay, not among things done, but among things willed.”Tess of the d’Urbervilles is a complex and impactful novel by Thomas Hardy....

Deep in the grounds of Welland House lies an ancient memorial tower, surrounded by a prehistoric wilderness that isolates it from the rest of the land. When one day Viviette Constantine, the wife of the estate’s owner, investigates the tower, she...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Gabriel Oak is an up-and-coming shepherd in the prime of life at twenty-eight years of age. With the savings of a frugal life, he has leased and stocked a sheep-farm. He falls in love with a newcomer eight...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This novel is set in impoverished rural Wessex during the Long Depression. Tess is the oldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated rural peasants. One day, Parson Tringham informs John that he...

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.Vor der malerischen Kulisse der englischen Landschaft spielt „Weit von der madigen Menge“ die Geschichte der temperamentvollen Bathsheba Everdene, einer schönen und unabhängigen jungen Frau,...

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Situé dans la campagne anglaise pittoresque, « Loin de la foule déchaînée » suit la fougueuse Bathsheba Everdene, une jeune femme belle et indépendante qui captive le cœur de trois hommes très...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.Ambientada en la pintoresca campiña inglesa, «Lejos del mundanal ruido» narra la historia de la vivaz Bathsheba Everdene, una joven hermosa e independiente que conquista los corazones de tres hombres...

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Dans « Tess d’Urberville », Thomas Hardy nous livre un récit poignant sur l’amour, la perte et la lutte contre les contraintes sociales. Située dans l’Angleterre rurale, l’histoire suit Tess Durbeyfield,...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.En «Tess de los d’Urberville», Thomas Hardy nos presenta una conmovedora historia de amor, pérdida y lucha contra las restricciones sociales. Ambientada en la Inglaterra rural, la historia sigue a Tess...

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.In „Tess von den d’Urbervilles“ erzählt Thomas Hardy eine ergreifende Geschichte von Liebe, Verlust und dem Kampf gegen gesellschaftliche Zwänge. Die Handlung spielt im ländlichen England und...

A tragic twist of fate. A predatory aristocrat. And one woman's desperate fight for purity in a corrupt world. When an impoverished peddler discovers he is the lineal descendant of the ancient and noble d'Urberville family, he sends his beautiful,...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.En «El retorno del nativo», Thomas Hardy nos ofrece una conmovedora exploración del amor, la ambición y la implacable fuerza del destino. Con el telón de fondo de los páramos escarpados y azotados por...

Her father compels her to visit the biggest mansion in the village to “claim kin” with the aristocratic d'Urberville family. She falls prey to the debauched son of the house and returns home to give birth in secret to an illegitimate baby who lives...

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy: "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" tells the tragic story of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman from a poor rural family who discovers her aristocratic heritage. The novel explores themes of fate, morality, and the...

Volume 1This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Thomas Hardy, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little,...

In a remote corner of early Victorian England, where traditional practices remain untouched by time, Bathsheba Everdene stands out as a beacon of female independence and self-reliance. However, when confronted with three suitors, among them the...

"Jude the Obscure" follows the life of Jude Fawley, a working-class young man with dreams of pursuing education at the university. The story delves into themes of class, education, marriage, and the constraints of societal norms. Jude's relentless...

Far From The Madding Crowd is Hardy's fourth novel. It centres on the lives of five characters: Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, Mr Boldwood, Sgt. Troy and Fanny Robin. The plot involves love, loyalty, death and betrayal and all this is delivered to...

One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by conventional morality and its antithesis. Born near Dorchester, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) set most of his stories in...

Many giants of Literature originate from the shores of these emerald isles; Shakespeare, Dickens, Chaucer, The Brontes and Austen to which most people would willingly add the name Thomas Hardy. Far From The Madding Crowd, Tess Of The D’Urbervilles,...

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a...