Far From the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England and...

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy's most...

Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title,...