description: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in Dorset. He left school at sixteen to work as an apprentice for an architect who specialized in church restoration. He made his reputation as a novelist, and it wasn't until after the publication of his last novel, The Well-beloved, in 1897, that he dedicated himself to writing poetry.
language: English
title: Thomas Hardy
titlecomplete: Thomas Hardy (Poet to Poet)
genres: Fiction, Romanticism, Poetry, British Literature, School, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, 20th Century, Victorian
ratings_count: 1828
publisher: Faber and Faber