About the Author:Thomas Hardy(1840-1928),son of a mason,was bom near Dorchester.At 16,he was apprenticed to a local architect.Six years later he went London to work for a famous architect.During his spare time,he stud...About the Author:Thomas Hardy(1840-1928),son of a mason,was bom near Dorchester.At 16,he was apprenticed to a local architect.Six years later he went London to work for a famous architect.During his spare time,he studied widely:language,literature,history,philosophy and art,and he won two prizes for essays on architectural subjects.But architecture was never his desired profession.Soon he turned to literary creation.In 1871,his first novel "Desperate Remedies" was published and well received.His "Under the Greenwood Tree"(1872) and "A Pair of Blue Eyes"(1873) are the most interesting idyllic love stories.He became noted when he published "Far from the Madding Crowd"(1874)."展开更多
文摘About the Author:Thomas Hardy(1840-1928),son of a mason,was bom near Dorchester.At 16,he was apprenticed to a local architect.Six years later he went London to work for a famous architect.During his spare time,he studied widely:language,literature,history,philosophy and art,and he won two prizes for essays on architectural subjects.But architecture was never his desired profession.Soon he turned to literary creation.In 1871,his first novel "Desperate Remedies" was published and well received.His "Under the Greenwood Tree"(1872) and "A Pair of Blue Eyes"(1873) are the most interesting idyllic love stories.He became noted when he published "Far from the Madding Crowd"(1874)."
