Works of Thomas Hardy

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Welcome! A Place to Connect

The King's Arms Hotel Lounge - Chat thread
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Currently Reading

To Flowers from Italy in Winter
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To A Lady Offended by a Book of the Writer’s
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The Puzzled Game-Birds (poem to be read with TMoC Ch 45)
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The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge: 5th thread: Chapter 37-45
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The Mayor of Casterbridge: 4th thread: Chapters 28 - 36
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The Mayor of Casterbridge: 2nd thread: Chapters 10 - 17
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The Mayor of Casterbridge: 1st thread: Chapters 1 - 9
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The Mayor of Casterbridge: 3rd thread: Chapters 18 - 27
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Poetry

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* Our Weekly Poem - List with links
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The Caged Goldfinch (poem to be read with TMoC Ch 45)
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On A Discovered Curl Of Hair (poem to be read with TMoC Ch 44)
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last updated Aug 23, 2025 02:54PM

Before My Friend Arrived (poem to be read with TMoC Ch 41)
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The Lodging-House Fuchsias (poem to be read with TMoC Ch 18)
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last updated Jul 18, 2025 06:31AM

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Far from the Madding Crowd

Far From the Madding Crowd 5th Thread Chapter 39 - 47
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Far From the Madding Crowd 6th Thread Chapter 48 - 57
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Far From the Madding Crowd 3rd Thread Chapter 21 - 29
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last updated May 14, 2024 09:06AM

Far From the Madding Crowd 4th Thread Chapter 30 - 38
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Far From the Madding Crowd 1st Thread: Chapter 1 - 8
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Phase the Fourth: Chapter 25 - 34
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles - Phase the Seventh: Chapter 53 - 59, and post-read discussion
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Introduction and Phase the First: Chapters 1 - 11
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Film/TV Adaptations of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"
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Tess: BBC "In Our Time" podcast
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Life's Little Ironies - Stories

The Son's Veto (from Life Little Ironies) hosted by Connie
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The Fiddler of the Reels (from Life's Little Ironies) hosted by Bridget
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To Please his Wife (from Life's Little Ironies) hosted by Petra
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A Group of Noble Dames

The First Countess of Wessex (from A Group of Noble Dames) hosted by Pamela
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GND Chapter 2
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Wessex Tales (short stories)

The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion (from Wessex Tales) hosted by Erich
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An Imaginative Woman (from Wessex Tales) hosted by Jennifer
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The Withered Arm (from Wessex Tales) hosted by Natalie
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The Three Strangers (from Wessex Tales) hosted by Connie
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A Changed Man - Stories

What the Shepherd Saw (from A Changed Man and Other Stories) hosted by Janelle
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General Interest

* Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man, by Claire Tomalin
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Odds and Ends
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Biographies and Books About Thomas Hardy and his works
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Thomas Hardy's Homes: Places he lived and loved
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Favorite Volume of Poetry
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Members' Threads

Thomas Hardy: Connections
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last updated Jan 17, 2024 06:12AM

WEA offering a free online Hardy lecture
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last updated Nov 09, 2023 11:19AM

Which Thomas Hardy heroine would make the most interesting female protagonist in a contemporary setting?
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Joy Lies Slain: Reading Thomas Hardy
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last updated Mar 30, 2016 01:57AM

How Hardy Evolved as a Writer
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last updated Apr 14, 2014 04:02PM

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Short Stories

The Spectre of the Real
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LLI #10 A Few Crusted Characters
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LLI #9 A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four
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LL#4 On the Western Circuit
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LLI #3 A Tragedy of Two Ambitions
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