Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Study Guide)

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Study Guide)
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2020-01-25
Genre:
ISBN:

The novel is set in impoverished rural England, Thomas Hardy's fictional Wessex, during the Long Depression of the 1870s. Tess is the oldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated peasants. ... He notices Tess too late to dance with her, as he is already late for his promised return to his brothers.

Study Guide to Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Study Guide to Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Author: Intelligent Education
Publisher: Influence Publishers
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2020-02-14
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1645424855

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd, the publication attributed with Hardy’s achievement of literary success. As a novel of Victorian England, Far from the Madding Crowd tells the realities of living in the idyllic farming communities of southwest England. Moreover, Hardy is acknowledged for his use of Victorian and modern literary techniques with traditional constructed plots, yet modern psychological development of his characters and reflection of modern problems. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Hardy’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

A Study Guide for Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd"

A Study Guide for Thomas Hardy's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2016-06-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410345718

A Study Guide for Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Pog

Pog
Author: Padraig Kenny
Publisher: Chicken House
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-04-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1912626012

'One of a kind. Utterly fantastic.' Eoin Colfer on Tin David and Penny's strange new home is surrounded by forest. It's the childhood home of their mother, who's recently died. But other creatures live here ... magical creatures, like tiny, hairy Pog. He's one of the First Folk, protecting the boundary between the worlds. As the children explore, they discover monsters slipping through from the place on the other side of the cellar door. Meanwhile, David is drawn into the woods by something darker, which insists there's a way he can bring his mother back ...

A Study Guide (New Edition) for "Far from the Madding Crowd" (lit-to-film)"

A Study Guide (New Edition) for
Author: Gale, Cengage
Publisher: Gale, Cengage
Total Pages: 20
Release:
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0028665740

A Study Guide (New Edition) for "Far from the Madding Crowd" (lit-to-film), excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs."

Bloodlines - Touch Not the Cat, a Genealogy Mystery Novel

Bloodlines - Touch Not the Cat, a Genealogy Mystery Novel
Author: Thomas McKerley
Publisher: Summertime Publishing
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9781904881490

Scottish-American genealogy mystery novel set in Victorian times and 2011, reveals why Alexander Stewart emigrated to America in 1895 and what moved laird Gordon Macpherson to protect his Highland values. Women's suffrage, racism and social division are at the heart of this gripping mystery. Climaxes at clan gathering in Scotland.

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy
Author: Noorul Hasan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1982-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1349062510

The Son's Veto

The Son's Veto
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2013-04-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781484199053

As the strains proceeded many of the listeners observed the chaired lady, whose back hair, by reason of her prominent position, so challenged inspection. Her face was not easily discernible, but the aforesaid cunning tress-weavings, the white ear and poll, and the curve of a cheek which was neither flaccid nor sallow, were signals that led to the expectation of good beauty in front. Such expectations are not infrequently disappointed as soon as the disclosure comes; and in the present case, when the lady, by a turn of the head, at length revealed herself, she was not so handsome as the people behind her had supposed, and even hoped—they did not know why.