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Thomas Hardy was an English writer and author born on June 2, 1840, in Stinsford, England. He was educated at King's College London and the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Hardy's writings include novels, poems, and screenplays. He passed away on January 11, 1928, in Dorchester, Dorset.
Hardy is most well-known for his novels Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, and Far from the Madding Crowd. Other works include The Mayor of Casterbridge), The Return of the Native, and The Woodlanders. Throughout his career, Hardy explored themes such as social constraints, unrequited love, and the inevitability of fate. His writings were often set in the fictional county of Wessex, a reflection of the rural regions of south-western England.
In addition to his novels, Thomas Hardy also wrote numerous collections of poetry, such as Satires of Circumstance, Moments of Vision, and Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses.