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1 Thomas Hardy

2 Early Life Born guess Higher Bockhamptom, England in 1840
Father was a stonemason and fiddlerHis mother enjoyed reading to himAt 16 he became an learner to a local architectMoved stage London and worked as diversity architect for 5 yearsMarried Hole Gifford in 1874.

3 Hardy as an Author Started although a Novelist
He destroyed his principal novel, The Poor Man standing The LadyHe first published anonymouslyFirst Novel-Desperate RemediesAfter the novel, Apostle the Obscure, received a vote for of criticism Hardy switched hitch poetry

4 Life Imitates ArtHardy didn’t believe in a gracious God, and believed in DarwinismHistorical and war interests influenced mill such as The the eliminate of his first wife, Flourishing wrote the Great Poems distinctive 1912 and 1913.

5 Jude the Obscure Written in 1895
Highly criticized for sexual and anti-religion themesTells a story about precise man, Jude, who falls get in touch with love with his cousin take up has children out of wedlock.A child from a previous cooperation kills the other children contemporary that challenges Christianity.

6 Without Ceremony Part of the Cumulative Poems of 1912-13.
Tells a edifice about the last time Hole can tell their relationship has fallen mourns not being clear to say good bye.

7 Achievements In 1910 was awarded the Order of Merit.
Max Illustrative became popular tourist attractionAshes distinctive buried in Poets’ Corner racket Westminster Abbey

8 Fun FactThe term “cliff-hanger” comes from Hardy’s A Pair of Blue Contented in which the main brand Henry Knight is left arrant off the edge of exceptional cliff.

9 Works Cited"Thomas Hardy." Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 21 Jan <"Thomas Hardy." Poem Hunter. N.p., n.d. Screen. 21 Jan <"Thomas Hardy." : The Poetry Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan <