Thomas Hardy

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4. Amazon.com: Thomas Hardy Merchandise
5. The Victorian Web: Thomas Hardy: An Overview
6. BBC.co.uk: "Dead man talking" (July 25, 2003)  
7. SparkNotes: Thomas Hardy Study Guide Search

Free Thomas Hardy Works Online

• Wikisource: Thomas Hardly Online Texts
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Thomas Hardy Study Guides and Literary Criticism

• eNotes: Study Guides for Jude the Obscure | Return of the Native | Tess of the D'Urbervilles 
• LitPlans: Thomas Hardy Lesson Plans and Study Guides
• PinkMonkey.com: Thomas Hardy Study Guides  
• The Victorian Web: Thomas Hardy Themes | Imagery | Characterization  
• The University of Toronto Library: Thomas Hardy's Library at Max Gate
• Yale University Library: Richard L. Purdy Collection of Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy Biographies and Profiles

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Thomas Hardy Quotations

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Thomas Hardy News and Articles

• Guardian Unlimited: "Hotel immortalised in Hardy novel up for sale" (2007)
• Dorset Daily Echo: "Actor to head Hardy society" (2007)
• Telegraph.co.uk: John Sutherland wonders why we are so hung up on the Glum Old Fellow (2007)
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Thomas Hardy Photos and Videos

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• YouTube & Google Video: Thomas Hardy Search
• YouTube: Thomas Hardy Country (Time: 07:03)
• YouTube: "The Oxen" Set to Music (Time: 02:34)
• YouTube: "Hap" Lecture (Time: 03:13)

Thomas Hardy Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards

• The Thomas Hardy Association
• The Thomas Hardy Society
• The Thomas Hardy Miscellany
• Fan Site: Thomas Hardy Country: A Photographic Tour
• The Literature Network: Thomas Hardy Forums
• The Thomas Hardy Association: Thomas Hardy Forum
• Google Blog Search: Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy Books and Merchandise

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Thomas Hardy Personal Timeline

• June 2, 1840: Born in Stinsford, Dorchester, England
• 1862: Enrolls at Kings College, London, to become an architect
• 1874: Marries Emma Lavinia Gifford
• 1885: Moves to Max Gate
• 1895: Gives up writing novels due to negative criticism
• 1910: Receives the Order of Merit
• 1912: Wife dies
• January 11, 1928: Dies

Thomas Hardy Publications Timeline

• 1872: Under the Greenwood Tree (published anonymously)
• 1873: A Pair of Blue Eyes
• 1874: Far From the Madding Crowd
• 1878: The Return of the Native
• 1881: A Laodicean
• 1886: The Mayor of Casterbridge
• 1887: The Woodlanders
• 1888: Wessex Tales
• 1891: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
• 1895: Jude the Obscure
• 1914: Satires of Circumstance

Notable Thomas Hardy Films

•  The majority of the following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups
• 1967: Far From the Madding Crowd
• 1971: Jude the Obscure
• 1978: The Mayor of Casterbridge
• 1979: Tess
• 1994: The Return of the Native
• 1996: Jude
• 1998: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
• 2003: The Mayor of Casterbridge