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Hardy, Thomas
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From: A Dictionary of English Folklore
Date: 20000101
Author:JACQUELINE SIMPSON and STEVE ROUD
Hardy, Thomas
(1840–1928). Born in Dorset, and working first in architecture, Thomas Hardy became one of the most popular novelists and poets of his day, and his work is still highly regarded. Many of his most popular works were set in a semi-fictional ‘Wessex’, and included rural dwellers and workers which were described with affection and little condescension. Hardy took a keen and deliberate interest in local customs and other folklore, and often wove such material into his stories; occasionally merely as local colour but often as essential elements in the ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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