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Thomas Hardy (1)



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Birth Name: Thomas Masterson Hardy
Date Of Birth: June 02, 1840 (Age 87)
Country Of Birth: United Kingdom
Birth Place: Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England
Date Of Death: January 11, 1928
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Thomas Hardy was born and brought up in the small village of Bockhampton, Dorset, in the west of England, where his father was a master mason. He went to the village school, then on to a high school in the county town of Dorchester, and was then apprenticed to an architect. Later he moved to London to work for another architect, and while he was there he began writing. His second novel, Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) was a popular success, and many more novels followed, as well as poetry and short stories.

Thomas Hardy's work is nearly all about his native region, Wessex, which he identified strongly with. As time went by, he became an important literary voice, challenging narrow Victorian morality and religion. His disillusion resulted in Jude the Obscure (1896), his last book. After the Bishop of Wakefield condemned it and burnt his copy, Hardy turned away from fiction and concentrated on poetry for the rest of his life.

Hardy married Emma Gifford in 1874, and she died in 1912. Then he married Florence Dugdale, his secretary. There were no children. He died in 1928 and was buried in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner, but his heart was buried separately in Emma's grave at home in Dorset.



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Masterpiece (1971) 
  Wuthering Heights Pt. 1 39x03: (Jan/18/2009) As Heathcliff 
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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (2008)• Based On The Works Of
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)• Based On The Works Of
Jude the Obscure (1971)• Based On The Works Of

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Masterpiece (1971) (Credited in 16 episodes from this show) 
 
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: (Part 1) 39x01 Jan/04/2009 As: Story
Far From the Madding Crowd (2) 27x21 May/17/1998 As: Story
Far From the Madding Crowd (1) 27x20 May/10/1998 As: Story
The Mayor of Casterbridge: (Episode 7) 08x07 Oct/15/1978 As: Story
The Mayor of Casterbridge: (Episode 6) 08x06 Oct/08/1978 As: Story
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (1951) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
 
Return of the Native 44x01 Dec/04/1994 As: Story
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) (Credited in 7 episodes from this show) 
 
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Episode 7 01x07 Mar/05/1978 As: Story
Episode 6 01x06 Feb/26/1978 As: Story
Episode 5 01x05 Feb/19/1978 As: Story
Episode 4 01x04 Feb/12/1978 As: Story
Episode 3 01x03 Feb/05/1978 As: Story
Jude the Obscure (1971) (Credited in 6 episodes from this show) 
 
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Christminster Again 01x06 Mar/13/1971 As: Story
To Aldbrickham 01x05 Mar/06/1971 As: Story
To Shaston 01x04 Feb/27/1971 As: Story
To Melchester 01x03 Feb/20/1971 As: Story
To Christminster 01x02 Feb/13/1971 As: Story
The United States Steel Hour (1953) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
 
The Wayward Widow 06x19 May/06/1959 As: Story
General Electric Theater (1953) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
 
The Second Stranger 05x07 Oct/28/1956 As: Story
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