TY - BOOK AU - Abbott, Rob. AU - Bell, Charlei. TI - Thomas Hardy: a beginner's guide SN - 340800364 AV - R PR 4754 .T361 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - London PB - Hodder & Stoughton KW - Authors KW - sears KW - English N2 - Facilitates the manner to approach the novels,short stories and poems by Thomas Hardy.Discusses Hardy's preoccupations with themes such as morality,aspirations,fatalism,nature ,industrialization,and the relationships between men and women.Contains contemporary critical approaches to Hardy and his work.Examines the influence of Hardy both in his own lifetime and in the twenty-first century ER -