En la seva obra lírica, Thomas Hardy parla d?un passat rural que s?esvaneix i de les dificultats del present, i ho fa des d?un punt de vista desinhibit i modern, lluny del romanticisme fins aleshores imperant i de l?encarcarament dels seus contempo...
El alcalde de Casterbridge (1886), una de las novelas de madurez de Thomas Hardy y, junto con Jude el oscuro (1895), una de las que cimentan su histórica fama de novelista trágico, se abre con una escena sencillamente brutal: en una feria...
Colección: El cercle de Viena. Un esplèndid homenatge a la vida rural, en un temps en què ja se'n començava a intuir l'ocàs. Una de les grans novel·les de la literatura anglesa de tots els temps.
El susurro del viento barre las lagunas y los senderos de Egdon Heaths,bosque y páramo donde crece la aulaga y las noches de invierno son frías ydesangeladas. Y es a ese lugar inhóspito d onde Clym Yeobrigth regresa trashaber...
A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but not careful enough....
Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man's world. But it is never wise to...
A woman and a man . . words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her . . It's an old story. Yes, it's an old, old story. It happens...
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This edition presents a critically established text based on comparisons of every revised version. Hardy placed this tale among his Novels of Character and Environment, a group which is held to include his most characteristic work.