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1、’JUDETHEOBSCURETHwasborninHigherBockhampton,Dorset,onJune;hisfatherwasabuilderinasmallwayofbusiness,andhewaseducatedlocallyandinDorchesterbeforebeingarticledtoanarchitect.AftersixteenyearsinthatprofessionandthepublicationofhisearliestnovelDesperateRemedies()

2、,hedeterminedtomakehiscareerinliterature;not,however,beforehisworkasanarchitecthadledtohismeeting,atStJuliotinCornwall,EmmaGifford,whobecamehisfirstwifein.InthesHardyhadwrittenasubstantialamountofunpublishedverse,butduringthenexttwentyyearsalmostallhiscreativeeffortwentintonovelsandshortsto

3、ries.JudetheObscure,thelastwrittenofhisnovels,cameoutin,closingasequenceoffictionthatincludesFarfromtheMaddingCrowd(),TheReturnoftheNative(),TwoonaTower(),TheMayorofCasterbridge(),andTessofthed’Urbervilles().Hardymaintainedinlaterlifethatonlyinpoetrycouldhetrulyexpresshisi

4、deas;andthemorethanninehundredpoemsinhiscollectedverse(almostallpublishedafter)possessgreatindividualityandpower.InHardywasawardedtheOrderofMerit;inEmmadiedandtwoyearslaterhemarriedFlorenceDugdale.ThomasHardydiedinJanuary;theworkheleftbehind––thenovels,thepoetry,andtheepicdramaTh

5、eDynasts––formsoneofthesupremeachievementsinEnglishimaginativeliterature.PIisaFellowandTutorinEnglishatStAnne’sCollege,Oxford.ShehaswrittenthedefinitiveanalysisofhowJudetheObscureevolvedduringcomposition,aswellasseveralotherarticlesandchaptersonHardy.’Foroveryea

6、rsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithovertitles––fromthe,-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels––theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyyearscontainedintroduction

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