Thomas Hardy

Ronald D. Morrison is a professor emeritus of English at Morehead State University in Kentucky. He has published critical essays on Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Richard Jefferies, and other 19th-century writers.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deletevAbbreviations deleteixPrefaceIntroduction: Thomas Hardy’s Significance to LiteratureBiography of Thomas HardyChronological Listing of Hardy’s Major Published WorksThe CompanionWorks CitedIndex

“The McFarland companion volume will be a useful reference book for [Hardy’s] work. It includes a brief biography of Hardy and key personages in his life, and it covers topics that Hardy and his contemporaries felt were important and that influenced him personally and professionally. …A plot summary traces each novel's action, whether streamlined or complicated, and often includes critical context and observations about approaching Hardy's work…Works cited and the index are very helpful. An indispensable volume…highly recommended”—Choice