Презентация, доклад к учебнику Spotlight для 11 класса Томас Харди

of his novels? Read the biography and check.

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset, England. He studied as an architect before he went to King’s College in London. London life didn’t suit him, though, and he returned to Dorset five years later to devote himself to writing.

did not have an easy start. He could not find a publisher for his first novel, The Poor Man and the Lady in 1867 Бедняк и леди, and he almost gave up writing there and then. The next two were published under a different name and it wasn’t until 1873 that he got his confidence back and published under his own name.

the semi-fictional county of Wessex and describe his characters’ efforts to overcome their circumstances and their desires. Far from the Madding Croud (1874)  Вдали от обезумевшей толпы, The Return of the Native (1878) Возвращение на родину, (1886) and The Mayor of Casterbridge  Мэр Кэстербриджа
The Woodlanders (1887)  В краю лесов are some of his novels which are still loved and admired today for their colourful characterisation and moral messages.

tells the story of a poor young farmer’s daughter and the events and misfortunes that shape her life. One day her father finds out he has noble ancestry and her life changes. She travels to Trantridge to ask for financial support from a distant relative.

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