Writing

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy is best known for Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Screen Two, Jude the Obscure and The Mayor of Casterbridge. Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840. Thomas Hardy died on January 11, 1928 at the age of 87.

Born: June 2, 1840
Place of birth: Dorset, England
Died: January 11, 1928 (87 years old)

Biography

Thomas Hardy (2 June, 1840 – 11 January, 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.