Thomas Hardy

Biography

Thomas Hardy was a Victorian realist novelist and poet known for critiquing the decline of rural life in Britain. His novels, such as "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874) and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891), feature tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances. Influenced by Romanticism, Hardy's work was acclaimed by younger poets during his lifetime and later celebrated by prominent poets like Ezra Pound and Philip Larkin.