Thomas Hardy:Best of Thomas Hardy

Four of Thomas Hardy's major novels are gathered in one leather-bound volume: The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure. Hardy places his characters in rural England and then lets social expectation, chance and their own decisions close in around them. The same concerns recur across all four books: ambition that outruns circumstance, love constrained by class and reputation, and countryside described closely enough to work as a character in its own right. Inside this collection: • Four complete novels bound together under a leather cover • Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, his most debated books • Rural England drawn with unusual precision • Published by Wilco International A collector's option for readers of English literature, students studying Hardy and anyone furnishing a classics shelf, available from Boipoka.